Unique Mica Green v. Texas Funeral Service Commission

ACCEPTED
15-25-00149-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/6/2025 11:47 AM
CASE NO. 15-25-00149-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
CLERK
FILED IN
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
FOR THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
UNIQUE GREEN
Appellant,
v.
TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICES COMMISSION
Appellee.

APPELLEE’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

Appellee Texas Funeral Services Commission, files this motion requesting

an extension of its deadline to file its appellee brief.

This appellate matter concerns an appeal from a final order granting a plea

to the jurisdiction. Appellee’s current deadline for filing its brief w a s October

23, 2025. The Court’s docket indicates that the Notice was emailed, however,

Appellee did not receive it and was unaware until an inquiry of the Court’s

electronic docket on November 4, 2025 revealed the case had been successfully

transferred to the 15th Court of Appeals and that the deadlines had been set. E-

Service of court filings for Movant in this case were directed to an incorrect email

address which appeared on the Notice of Appeal. Appellee requests a 30-day

extension of time to file its brief, thus moving the deadline to November 23,

2025. This is Appellee’s first request for an extension of time, and it is not sought

for the purpose of delay.
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Appellant opposes this motion.
Prayer

For the above reasons, Appellee prays that the Court afford it until

November 23, 2025 to file its brief.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON
Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER
First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA
Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

AUSTIN KINGHORN
Deputy Attorney General for Civil
Litigation

ERNEST C. GARCIA
Chief, Administrative Law Division

/s/ Sherlyn Harper
SHERLYN HARPER
State Bar No. 24093176
Assistant Attorney General
Administrative Law Division
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
808 Travis Street, #1520
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 225-8913
Facsimile: (512) 320-0167
sherlyn.harper@oag.texas.gov

Counsel for Appellee,
Texas Funeral Services Commission

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
The undersigned counsel conferred with Appellant on November 5, 2025
via email in which she indicated that she opposed the motion.

/s/Sherlyn Harper
Sherlyn Harper

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on November 6, 2025, a true and correct copy of this
document was served upon the following persons via electronic filing service.

Unique Green
Greenmica1980@aol.com
Appellant

/s/Sherlyn Harper
Sherlyn Harper

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Automated Certificate of eService
This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.
The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system
on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing
certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a
certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Catherine Hughes on behalf of Sherlyn Harper
Bar No. 24093176
catherine.hughes@oag.texas.gov
Envelope ID: 107744344
Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: 2025 1106 TFSC mtn to extend brief
Status as of 11/6/2025 12:28 PM CST

Associated Case Party: TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Sherlyn Harper Sherlyn.Harper@oag.texas.gov 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT

Catherine Hughes catherine.hughes@oag.texas.gov 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: UniqueMGreen

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Unique Green greenmica1980@aol.com 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT