Hays County, Texas, Ruben Becerra, Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, and Walt Smith, in Their Official Capacities v. Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, Gabrielle Moore, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas

ACCEPTED
15-25-00121-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
1/9/2026 10:33 AM
NO. 15-25-00121-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
CLERK
FILED IN
IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM
Hays County, Texas, Ruben Becerra,
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, Clerk

and Walt Smith, in their official capacities,
Appellants

v.

Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, and Gabrielle Moore,
Appellees

Appeal from the 126th Judicial District Court
of Travis County, Texas; Cause No. D-1-GN-25-002049

NOTICE OF APPELLANTS’ COUNSEL
PRESENTING ORAL ARGUMENT

Michael Shaunessy C. Robert Heath
State Bar No. 18134550 State Bar No. 09347500
Ian Davis BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO
State Bar No. 24120793 ACOSTA LLP
MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LLP 1601 S. MoPac Expressway
1111 W. 6th St., Ste. 400 Suite C400
Austin, Texas 78703 Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 495-6000 (512) 472-8021
mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com bheath@bickerstaff.com
idavis@mcginnislaw.com

Attorneys for Appellants

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Appellants respectfully notify the Court that C. Robert Heath,

Texas Bar No. 09347500, will present oral argument for Appellants

before the Court on January 21, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

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Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Michael Shaunessy

Michael Shaunessy
State Bar No. 18134550
Ian Davis
State Bar No. 24120793
MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LLP
1111 W. 6th St., Ste. 400
Austin, Texas 78703
(512) 495-6000
mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com
idavis@mcginnislaw.com

By: /s/ C. Robert Heath

C. Robert Heath
State Bar No. 09347500
BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO
ACOSTA LLP
1601 S. MoPac Expressway
Suite C400
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 472-8021
bheath@bickerstaff.com

Attorneys for Appellants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on January 9, 2026, a true and correct copy of the
above and foregoing pleading was served on all counsel of record by the
Electronic Service Provider if registered, otherwise by email, as follows:

Bill Aleshire Lynn Saarinen, Assistant
bill@aleshirelaw.com Attorney General
ALESHIRELAW, PC Lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov
3605 Shady Valley Drive ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Austin, Texas 78739 FINANCIAL LITIGATION
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DIVISION
William G. Bunch MC-017
bill@sosalliance.org P.O. Box 12548
Robert Levinski Austin, Texas 78711
bobby@sosalliance.org
SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE Attorney for the Attorney
4701 Westgate Blvd, Ste. D-401 General of the State of Texas
Austin, Texas 78745

Attorneys for Appellees

/s/ Michael Shaunessy
Michael Shaunessy

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Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Claude Heath 9347500 bheath@bickerstaff.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Ian M.Davis idavis@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Tristan AGarza tristan.garza@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Michael Shaunessy mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Julie Denny jdenny@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Amy Botelho abotelho@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Austin Jones ajones@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Bill Aleshire bill@aleshirelaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Bill Bunch bill@sosalliance.org 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Raymond Abarca Raymond.Abarca@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM ERROR

Bobby Levinski bobby@sosalliance.org 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

William Gammon firm@gammonlawoffice.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Lynn Saarinen lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Rosemarie Kanusky rkanusky@mphlegal.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT

Matthew PhilipHines mhines@mphlegal.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT