ACCEPTED
09-15-00372-CV
NINTH COURT OF APPEALS
BEAUMONT, TEXAS
9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM
CAROL ANNE HARLEY
CLERK
NO. 09-15-00372-CV
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FILED IN
9th COURT OF APPEALS
IN THE BEAUMONT, TEXAS
COURT OF APPEALS 9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM
NINTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CAROL ANNE HARLEY
BEAUMONT, TEXAS Clerk
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REGINALD TRAINER, EFRAIN AVENDANO, PAUL HULIN AND
FILED IN
HERMAN LEVINGSTON, 9th COURT OF APPEALS
BEAUMONT, TEXAS
Appellant
9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM
V.
CAROL ANNE HARLEY
Clerk
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,
Appellee
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On Appeal from the 172nd Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. E-194,887
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APPELLEE’S DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL AND
MEDIATION DOCKETING STATEMENT
TO THE HONORABLE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 6.2, Appellee, City of
Port Arthur, gives notice that Eric C. Farrar, State Bar No. 24036549, will serve as
lead appellate counsel in the above captioned cause. Please send all
communications related to this matter to Mr. Farrar’s attention at Wortham Tower,
Suite 600, 2727 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019, efarrar@olsonllp.com.
Appellee, City of Port Arthur will also continue to be represented by Scott
Bounds and John Hightower.
Appellee’s Mediation Docketing Statement
This appeal arises out of the trial court’s order granting Appellee’s plea to
the jurisdiction. The trial court agreed with Appellee and ruled that Appellants did
not exhaust their administrative remedies under state law and city ordinances.
Appellee respectfully submits to this Court that this appeal should not be mediated
to the extent an agreement cannot be reached without Appellants’ exhaustion of
administrative remedies afforded to them under state law and city ordinances.
Respectfully submitted,
OLSON & OLSON, L.L.P.
By: /s/ Eric C. Farrar
Eric C. Farrar
State Bar No. 24036549
Scott Bounds
State Bar No. 02706000
sbounds@Olsonllp.com
John J. Hightower
State Bar No. 09614200
jhightower@Olsonllp.com
Wortham Tower, Suite 600
2727 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
Telephone: (713) 533-3800
Facsimile: (713) 533-3888
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 17th day of September 2015, a true and correct
copy of the foregoing Appellee’s Notice of Appearance of Appellate Counsel was
served on the counsel for Appellant by:
via e-service
to Langston Scott Adams, Law Offices of Langston Scott Adams, 2931 Park Plaza
Ln, Port Arthur, Texas 77642.
/s/ Eric C. Farrar
Eric C. Farrar
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Reginald Trainer, Efrain Avendano, Paul Hulin and Herman Levingston v. City of Port Arthur
Combined Opinion