State of Texas, Maxx Juusola, Tracy Martin, and Alan Crider v. City of Dallas, Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, in Her Official Capacity as the Interim City Manager for the City of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas

ACCEPTED
15-25-00122-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
1/13/2026 10:59 AM
CASE NO. 15-25-00122-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
_____________________________________________________________ CLERK
FILED IN
In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifteenth District of Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS
1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM
_____________________________________________________________
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
State of Texas, Maxx Juusola, Tracy Martin, and Alan Crider,
Clerk
Appellants,
v.
City of Dallas, Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, in her official capacity as the Interim
City Manager for the City of Dallas, and the State Fair of Texas,
Appellees.
_____________________________________________________________

Appellant State of Texas’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Brief
_____________________________________________________________

KEN PAXTON /s/ Steven Ogle
Attorney General of Texas ERNEST C. GARCIA
State Bar No. 07632400
BRENT WEBSTER Assistant Attorney General
First Assistant Attorney General STEVEN OGLE
State Bar No. 24044477
RALPH MOLINA Assistant Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General for Civil MELISSA JUAREZ
Litigation State Bar No. 00784361
Assistant Attorney General
ERNEST C. GARCIA ALEXANDER COMSUDI
Chief, Administrative Law Division State Bar No. 24087006
Assistant Attorneys General
January 13, 2026 Administrative Law Division
Office of the Attorney General
Oral Argument Not Requested. P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Telephone: (512) 475-4151
Facsimile: (512) 320-0167
Attorneys for Appellant, State of
Texas
To The Honorable Court of Appeals:

Appellant State of Texas (“STATE”) respectfully requests an extension of

time to Friday, March 2, 2026, in which to file its reply brief in the captioned

appeal. In support, The STATE states as follows:

1. The STATE’s reply brief is currently due on January 29, 2026.

2. The STATE requests a 30-day extension of time to file its reply brief. The

requested extension of time would make the STATE’s reply brief due on

March 2, 2026.

3. This is the STATE’s second request for an extension of time to file its reply

brief.

4. The STATE requests this extension of time because counsel needs additional

time to prepare its reply brief. Counsel has just recently been assigned this

matter and will be out of the office for medical reasons for several days.

5. As a result, THE STATE needs additional time to prepare its reply brief to

March 2, 2026.

Respectfully submitted,

Appellant State of Texas’s Motion for Extension to file Reply Brief Page 1 of 5
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/ Steven Ogle
ERNEST C. GARCIA
State Bar No. 07632400
Assistant Attorney General
STEVEN OGLE
State Bar No. 24044477
Assistant Attorney General
MELISSA JUAREZ
State Bar No. 00784361
Assistant Attorney General
ALEXANDER COMSUDI
State Bar No. 24087006
Administrative Law Division
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Telephone: (512) 936-0804
Facsimile: (512) 320-0167
ernest.garcia@oag.texas.gov
canon.hill@oag.texas.gov
steven.ogle@oag.texas.gov
melissa.juarez@oag.texas.gov

Attorneys for State of Texas

Appellant State of Texas’s Motion for Extension to file Reply Brief Page 2 of 5
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I certify that I conferred with counsel for the parties regarding this motion via

email. There was no objection.

/s/ Steven Ogle
STEVEN OGLE
Assistant Attorney General

Appellant State of Texas’s Motion for Extension to file Reply Brief Page 3 of 5
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify a true and correct copy of the above and forgoing document
has been served to the following on January 13, 2026, to the following counsel of
record:

Tony K. McDonald via email to: Tony@tonymcdonald.com
Connor Ellington via email to: connor@tonymcdonald.com
The Law Offices of Tony McDonald
1308 Ranchers Legacy Trail
Fort Worth, TX 76126

Counsel For Individual Plaintiffs

Jeffrey Tillotson via email to: jtillotson@tillotsonlaw.com
Tillotson, Johnson & Patton
1201 Main Street, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75202

Counsel for Defendants City of Dallas and
Kimberly Tolbert

James B. Harris via email to: jim.harris@hklaw.com
Bryan Neal via email: Bryan.Neal@hklaw.com
Holland & Knight
One Arts Plaza
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201-2532

Counsel for Defendant State Fair of Texas

/s/ Steven Ogle
STEVEN OGLE
Assistant Attorney General

Appellant State of Texas’s Motion for Extension to file Reply Brief Page 4 of 5
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Associated Case Party: State Fair of Texas

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Associated Case Party: State of Texas

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Envelope ID: 109981591
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Case Contacts

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Tony McDonald Tony@tonymcdonald.com 1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM SENT

William Cole William.Cole@oag.texas.gov 1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM SENT

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Connor Ellington 24128592 connor@tonymcdonald.com 1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: AlanCrider

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Connor Ellington connor@tonymcdonald.com 1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: MaxxJuusola

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Associated Case Party: TracyMartin
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catherine.hughes@oag.texas.gov
Envelope ID: 109981591
Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: Motion for Extention to file Reply Brief
Status as of 1/13/2026 11:17 AM CST

Associated Case Party: TracyMartin

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Connor Ellington connor@tonymcdonald.com 1/13/2026 10:59:09 AM SENT