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ACCEPTED
11/13/2025 1:30 PM
15-25-00206-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF Velva
APPEALSL. Price
District
AUSTIN, TEXAS Clerk
Travis County
12/5/2025 2:01 PM
CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-23-005614 D-1-GN-23-005614
CHRISTOPHER A.RosaPRINEOneal
CLERK
ALPHONSE LIPKINS, ALEXANDRIA § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
RECEIVED IN
PRITCHARD, and REBECCA MURIE, § 15th COURT OF APPEALS
Plaintiffs, § AUSTIN, TEXAS
§ 12/5/2025 2:01:50 PM
v. § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
§ Clerk
TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN §
SERVICES COMMISSION, §
Defendant. § 53RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR THE CLERK’S RECORD

Defendant Texas Health and Human Services Commission (“HHSC”) is appealing the

Order Reversing Health and Human Services Decision and Order to the Fifteenth Court of

Appeals. The Hon. Maria Cantú Hexsel signed the Order on October 15, 2025. HHSC is filing

this on this same date, November 13, 2025, and will pay the clerk’s fee for the preparation and

filing of the clerk’s record in this case. Please contact us with the invoiced amount as soon as

possible so that we may deliver payment.

HHSC requests that the following documents be included in the clerk’s record, as specified

in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 34.5:

Item No. Date filed Pleading or Document
1. 09/14/2023 Plaintiff’s Original Petition and Appeal of SOAH Decision and Order
2. 12/02/2024 Defendants’ Original Answer
3. 01/13/2025 Motion for Consolidation
4. 02/06/2025 Order Granting HHSC Motion to Consolidate
5. 07/21/2025 Administrative Record
6. 07/24/2025 Notice of Filing Administrative Record
7. 11/13/2025 Defendant’s Notice of Appeal
8. 11/13/2025 Defendant’s Request for the Reporter’s Record
9. 11/13/2025 Defendant’s Request for Clerk’s Record (this document)
10. The court’s docket sheet
11. The certified bill of costs

Once the clerk has determined the cost of preparing the record, the Office of the Attorney

General will pay the invoice that the clerk submits.
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. 24093716
Assistant Attorney General
Administrative Law Division
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
808 Travis Street, #1520
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 225-8913
Facsimile: (512) 320-0167
sherlyn.harper@oag.texas.gov

Counsel for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served on
this 14th day of September 2023, on the following pro se plaintiff via the e-filing system used by
the Texas courts and by e-mailing it to the email address listed by Ms. Sonnenschein in her petition:

Norman R. Ladd
SBN: 24041285
nladd@laddtxlaw.com
Prema Autry
SBN: 24082357
pautry@laddtxlaw.com
Ladd Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
223 S. Bonner Ave.
Tyler, Texas 5702
(903) 705-7211 Telephone

Attorneys for Plaintiff
/s/ Sherlyn Harper
SHERLYN HARPER
Assistant Attorney General

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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: 108015595
Filing Code Description: Request
Filing Description: CLERK'S RECORD REQUEST
Status as of 11/13/2025 3:44 PM CST

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