TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE 

COMMITTEE, INC. 

v. 

BOB DEUELL 

NO. 2014-32179 

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT 

152No JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 

DEFENDANT'S NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL 

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: 

NOW COMES Defendant, BOB DEUELL, and files this Notice of Interlocutory Appeal, 

pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure Sections 26.1 (b) and 28.1, from the Distiict Court's 

Order Denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss issued on July 1, 2015. Defendant would 

respectfully show the Comi the following: 

On June 19, 2015, the Court held a hearing on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss pursuant to 

Chapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. On July 1, 2015, the Comi issued an 

Order denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. A true and c01rect copy of the Order is attached as 

Exhibit "A." On July 13, 2015, Defendant received notice of the Order and this Notice of 

Interlocutory Appeal followed. 

Defendant hereby appeals to this Court's jmisdiction as Defendant asse1is that this case 

should have been dismissed pursuant to a motion to dismiss under the Texas Citizen Participation 

Act codified at Chapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. Defendant intends this 

Interlocutory Appeal to be accelerated in accordance with Rule 28.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate 

Procedure and as required under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code§ 27.008(a). 

Defs Notice of Appeal Page 1 

7/13/2015 6:03:40 PM

Chris Daniel - District Clerk Harris County

Envelope No. 6047614

By: Phyllis Washington

Filed: 7/13/2015 6:03:40 PM

ACCEPTED

2014-32179

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

7/16/2015 2:07:56 PM

CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/16/2015 2:07:56 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
Defendant would further show the Court that this appeal stays commencement of a trial and 

all other proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of the interlocutory appeal in the First 

Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas pursuant to Section 5 l .Ol 4(b ), Texas Civil Practice and Remedies 

Code. 

SIGNED this 13th day of July, 2015. 

By: 

Def s Notice of Appeal 

Respectfully submitted, 

Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal Hyde & Zech, P.C. 

attorneys & counselors at law• rampagelaw. com 

A Professional Corporation 

2500 W. William Cannon Drive, Suite 609 

Austin, Texas 78745 

512/279-6431 

512/279-6438 (Facsimile) 

george.hyde@rampage-aus.com 

scott.tschirhart@rampage-aus.com 

GEORGE E. HYDE 

State Bar No. 45006157 

SCOTT M. TSCHIRHART 

State Bar No. 24013655 

Counsel for Def endant Bob Deuell 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has been served 

upon the below named individual(s) as indicated, and according to the Texas Rules of Civil 

Procedure on the 13th day of July, 2015. 

James E. "Trey" Trainor, III 

BEIRNE, MAYNARD &PARSON, L.L.P. 

401 W. 15th Street, Suite 845 

Austin, TX 78701 

Joseph M. Nixon 

BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSON, L.L.P. 

1300 Post Oak Blvd., 25th Floor 

Houston, TX 77056-3000 

Electronic Notification 

Electronic Notification 

GEORGE E. HYDE 

SCOTT M. TSCHIRHART 

Def s Notice of Appeal Page 3 
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J)J:SfV! y FILED 

Chris Danial 

District Clerk 

CAUSE NO. 2014-32179 JUL 0 t 2015 

TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITIEE, 

INC. 

v. 

BOB DEUELL 

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ORDER 

Time:~.....,_-.--...--~,...-~­ Harrla County, TexH 

IN THE DISTilK'T CQI TRI OF 

Deputy 

HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 

152"d JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

O§n this date came on to be heard Defendants' Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Tex. Civ. 

Prac. Code §27.003, and this court, after considering the pleadings and arguments of counsel, 

finds that this motion should be denied. 

Signed July 1, 2015. 

Pre

R~ siding Judge 

EXHIBIT 

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