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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

SAN ANTONIO DIVISION

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Chair of the 

Texas Democratic Party, JOSEPH DANIEL

CASCINO, SHANDA MARIE SANSING,

and BRENDA LI GARCIA 

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREG ABBOTT, Governor of Texas; 

KEN PAXTON, Texas Attorney General,

RUTH HUGHS, Texas Secretary of State,

DANA DEBEAUVOIR, Travis County Clerk,

and JACQUELYN F. CALLANEN, Bexar

County Elections Administrator 

Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO.

5:20-CV-00438-FB

JOINT ADVISORY TO THE COURT

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE FRED BIERY:

Pursuant to the Court’s order of January 21, 2021 [ECF 125], counsel for the parties and 

intervenors conferred by telephone on February 25, 2021 and now hereby jointly submit this 

advisory. 

Interlocutory appellate proceedings are complete. 

Plaintiffs intend to proceed with the case to final judgment and seek the entry of a 

scheduling order to complete the case. 

Intervenors urge that their Motion to Intervene [ECF 93] is now ripe and seek a ruling from 

the Court.

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On the matter of possible dismissal of the county defendants, the counsel for the state 

defendants has indicated that they reserve the right to assert jurisdictional defenses for any claims 

to which the defenses apply. Given this, Plaintiffs do not consent to the dismissal of the county 

defendants and Defendant Jacquelyn Callanen respectfully urges that her Motion to Dismiss [ECF 

95] is ripe for consideration by the Court. 

Parties jointly stand ready to provide the Court any other information it may require.

DATED: March 1, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY

By:/s/ Chad W. Dunn

Chad W. Dunn

General Counsel

State Bar No. 24036507

Brazil & Dunn, LLP

4407 Bee Caves Road, Suite 111

Austin, Texas 78746

Telephone: (512) 717-9822

Facsimile: (512) 515-9355

chad@brazilanddunn.com

K. Scott Brazil

State Bar No. 02934050

Brazil & Dunn, LLP

13231 Champion Forest Drive, Suite 406

Houston, Texas 77069

Telephone: (281) 580-6310

Facsimile: (281) 580-6362

scott@brazilanddunn.com

Dicky Grigg

State Bar No. 08487500

Law Office of Dicky Grigg, P.C.

4407 Bee Caves Road, Suite 111

Austin, Texas 78746

Telephone: 512-474-6061

Facsimile: 512-582-8560

dicky@grigg-law.com

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Martin Golando

The Law Office of Martin Golando, PLLC

State Bar No. 24059153

405 N. Saint Mary’s, Ste. 700

San Antonio, Texas 78205

(210) 892-8543

martin.golando@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

/s/ Luis R. Vera

LULAC National General Counsel

Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. &

Associates

1325 Riverview Towers

111 Soledad

San Antonio, TX 78205-260

Tel: (210) 225-3300

lrvlaw@sbcglobal.net

Danielle Lang*

Rob Weiner*

Ravi Doshi*

Molly Danahy*

Jonathan Diaz*

Campaign Legal Center

1101 14th Street NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20005

Tel.: (202) 736-2200

dlang@campaignlegalcenter.org

rweiner@campaignlegalcenter.org

rdoshi@campaignlegalcenter.org

mdanahy@campaignlegalcenter.org

jdiaz@campaignlegalcenter.org

*Pro Hac Vice forthcoming

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenors

League of United Latin American Citizens and

Texas League of United Latin American Citizens

KEN PAXTON

Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER

First Assistant Attorney General

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GRANT DORFMAN

Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

SHAWN COWLES

Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

THOMAS A. ALBRIGHT

Chief for General Litigation Division

/s/ Matthew Bohuslav

MATTHEW BOHUSLAV

Assistant Attorney General

State Bar No. 24069395

Office of the Attorney General

General Litigation Division

P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station

Austin, Texas 78711-2548

Telephone: (512) 463-2120

Facsimile: (512) 320-0667

Counsel for State Defendants

JOE GONZALES

Bexar County Criminal District Attorney

/s/ Robert Green

ROBERT D. GREEN

Bar No. 24087626

Assistant District Attorney, Civil Division

101 W. Nueva, 7th Floor

San Antonio, Texas 78205

Phone: (210) 335-2146

Fax: (210) 335-2773

robert.green@bexar.org

Attorney for Defendant Bexar County Elections

Administrator Jacque Callanen

DELIA GARZA

County Attorney, Travis County

P. O. Box 1748

Austin, Texas 78767

Telephone: (512) 854-9513

Facsimile: (512) 854-9316

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By: /s/ Leslie W. Dippel

SHERINE E. THOMAS

State Bar No. 00794734

sherine.thomas@traviscountytx.gov

LESLIE W. DIPPEL

State Bar No. 00796472

leslie.dippel@traviscountytx.gov

SHARON TALLEY

State Bar No. 19627575

sharon.talley@traviscountytx.gov

CYNTHIA W. VEIDT

State Bar No. 24028092

cynthia.veidt@traviscountytx.gov

ANDREW W. WILLIAMS

State Bar No. 24068345

drew.williams@traviscountytx.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Travis County Clerk,

Dana DeBeauvoir

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on March 1, 2021, I filed the foregoing was filed via the Court’s ECF/CM 

system, which will serve a copy on all counsel of record.

/s/Chad W. Dunn

Chad W. Dunn

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