Cecil Adams and Maxine Adams v. Harris County and Christopher A. Prine, Clerk of the First Court of Appeals

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ACCEPTED 04-15-00287-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 6/24/2015 1:48:09 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-15-00287-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS 06/24/2015 1:48:09 PM AT HOUSTON KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk ________________________________________________________________ CECIL ADAMS and MAXINE ADAMS, Appellants, v. HARRIS COUNTY, REBECCA ROSS, KATHLEEN KEESE, and CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE, Clerk of the Court, Appellees. _________________________________________________________________ Appealed from the District Court of Harris County, Texas 269th Judicial District Trial Court Cause No. 2014-35653 APPELLEE HARRIS COUNTY’S NOTICE OF NEW LEAD COUNSEL TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS: Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1, the undersigned attorneys for Appellee Harris County file this notice of new lead counsel as follows. The above-captioned appeal involves two interlocutory orders signed by the trial court. The first interlocutory order sustained Appellee Prine’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed Appellants’ cross-claims or counterclaims against Appellee Prine with prejudice. The second interlocutory order denied Appellants’ motion to dismiss Appellee Harris County’s interpleader suit against Appellants. Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1(c) provides that new lead counsel may be designated by filing a notice, signed by the former and new lead attorney, and stating the identification information of the new lead counsel. That is the purpose of this notice. The new lead counsel representing the Appellee, Harris County, in the above-referenced appeals is as follows: Keith A. Toler Assistant County Attorney 1019 Congress, 15th Floor Houston, Texas, 77002 Phone: (713) 274-5265 Fax: (713) 755-8924 Email: Keith.Toler@cao.hctx.net State Bar No. 24088541 The designation of Brian Quintero as the lead counsel for Harris County in this appeal should be removed and all future communication to lead counsel for Harris County should be directed to Keith Toler. Respectfully submitted, VINCE RYAN Harris County Attorney /s/ Brian A. Quintero BRIAN A. QUINTERO Senior Assistant County Attorney State Bar No. 16436485 2 1019 Congress, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 274-5173 Fax: (713) 437-8633 Email: brian.quintero@cao.hctx.net ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE, HARRIS COUNTY VINCE RYAN Harris County Attorney /s/ Keith A. Toler KEITH A. TOLER Assistant County Attorney State Bar No. 24088541 1019 Congress, 15th Floor Houston, Texas, 77002 Phone: (713) 274-5265 Fax: (713) 755-8924 Email: Keith.Toler@cao.hctx.net ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE, HARRIS COUNTY 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this the 24th day of June, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing appearance was served to Appellants Cecil and Maxine by certified mail, return receipt requested to 5510 S. Rice, #1206, Houston, Texas 77081, and by electronic transmission at cecillovesmax@sbcglobal.net. I hereby certify that on this 24th day of June, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing appearance was also served to all other parties to this appeal by electronic transmission to Christin Vasquez, counsel for Appellee Christopher Prine, at christin.vasquez@texasattorneygeneral.gov; Jayson Booth, counsel for Appellee Kathleen Keese, at jbooth@boothricheylaw.com; and Timothy J. Henderson, counsel for Rebecca Ross, at timjhenderson@msn.com. /s/ Keith A. Toler KEITH A. TOLER Assistant County Attorney /s/ Brian A. Quintero BRIAN A. QUINTERO Senior Assistant County Attorney 4