IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN DIVISION 

 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTER FOR 

CHOICE, et al., 

 

Plaintiffs, 

 

v. 

 

GREG ABBOTT, in his official capacity as 

Governor of Texas, et al., 

 

Defendants. 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1:20-cv-00323-LY 

 

 

 

 

AGREED STIPULATION FOR NON-ENFORCEMENT PENDING FINAL 

RESOLUTION, ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTS

Plaintiffs Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Houston Women’s Reproductive 

Services, and Houston Women's Clinic (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Kim Ogg, 

District Attorney of Harris County, Texas (“Defendant”) in the above-styled and numbered cause 

stipulate as follows: 

Stipulations by Plaintiffs

 1. Plaintiffs stipulate and agree not to seek attorney’s fees, penalties, damages, expert 

fees, court costs, or other costs or expenses of any kind, from Defendant in the above-captioned 

and numbered case. 

Stipulations by Defendant 

 2. Whereas Plaintiffs in the instant lawsuit challenge the constitutionality of Governor 

Greg Abbott’s March 22, 2020, Executive Order GA 09, “Relating to hospital capacity during the 

COVID-19 disaster,” a violation of which Defendant may enforce, and are requesting temporary 

injunctive relief pending final resolution of the matter, Defendant agrees not to enforce Governor 

Greg Abbott’s March 22, 2020, Executive Order as applied to Plaintiffs until such time as a final 

non-appealable judgment has been issued in this matter. 

3. In light of the fact that the Texas Attorney General intends to defend the 

constitutionality of the Executive Order and its interpretation of that order on a statewide basis on 

behalf of the Governor, Attorney General, and other state Defendants, Defendant agrees not to 

participate in litigating the above-styled and numbered cause unless required to do so. Further, by 

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entering into this stipulation, Defendant is conserving prosecutorial resources until such time as 

the constitutionality of the Executive Order as applied to Plaintiffs is resolved.

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Stipulation on Filing of Answer by Defendant

 4. Plaintiffs and Defendant agree that Defendant shall not file an answer, unless 

ordered to do so by the Court, and that no default judgment shall be taken against her. 

 5. These stipulations are made without prejudice to any claim or defense that 

Plaintiffs or Defendant may assert subsequent to this stipulation. 

 6. This document may be executed in counterparts. 

Dated: June 3, 2020

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 /s/ Laura Beckman Hedge 

LAURA BECKMAN HEDGE 

Sr. Assistant County Attorney 

Federal I.D. 23243 

State Bar No. 00790288 

1019 Congress, 15th Floor 

Telephone: 713-274-5137 

Facsimile: 713-755-8924 

laura.hedge@cao.hctx.net

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT KIM OGG

/s/ Patrick J. O’Connell 

Patrick J. O’Connell 

Texas Bar No. 15179900 

Law Offices of Patrick J. O’Connell PLLC 

5926 Balcones Dr., Ste. 220 

Austin, Texas 78731 

(512) 852-5918 

pat@pjofca.com 

Attorney for All Plaintiffs 

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Julie Murray* 

Hannah Swanson* 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA 

1110 Vermont Ave., NW Ste. 300 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

(202) 973-4800 

julie.murray@ppfa.org 

hannah.swanson@ppfa.org 

Jennifer Sandman* 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA 

123 William Street 

New York, NY 10038 

(212) 541-7800

jennifer.sandman@ppfa.org 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Planned 

Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services, and Planned 

Parenthood South Texas Surgical Center

Molly Duane* 

Rabia Muqaddam* 

Francesca Cocuzza* 

CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 

199 Water St., 22nd Floor 

New York, NY 10038 

(917) 637-3631 

mduane@reprorights.org 

rmuqaddam@reprorights.org

fcocuzza@reprorights.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center,

Brookside Women’s Medical Center PA d/b/a Brookside Women’s 

Health Center and Austin Women’s Health Center, Robin Wallace, M.D., 

Alamo City Surgery Center PLLC d/b/a Alamo Women’s Reproductive 

Services, and Houston Women’s Reproductive Services

Anjali Salvador, TX Bar No. 24110324* 

Andre Segura, TX Bar No. 24107112* 

ACLU FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, INC. 

5225 Katy Freeway, Suite 350 

Houston, TX 77007 

Tel. (713) 942-8146 

Fax: (713) 942-8966 

asalvador@aclutx.org 

asegura@aclutx.org 

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Brigitte Amiri* 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 

125 Broad Street, 18th Floor 

New York, NY 10004 

Tel. (212) 549-2600 

bamiri@aclu.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Houston Women’s Center 

*Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic 

Filing In Civil and Criminal Cases of the United States District Court for the Western District of 

Texas, I hereby certify that the content of this document is acceptable to Patrick J. O’Connell and 

counsel for all plaintiffs, and that I have obtained counsels’ authorization to affix their electronic

signature to this document. 

Dated June 3, 2020 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 /s/ Laura Beckman Hedge 

LAURA BECKMAN HEDGE 

Sr. Assistant County Attorney 

Federal I.D. 23243 

State Bar No. 00790288 

1019 Congress, 15th Floor 

Telephone: 713-274-5137 

Facsimile: 713-755-8924 

laura.hedge@cao.hctx.net

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT KIM OGG

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on June 3, 2020 a true and correct copy of the foregoing document 

was served electronically via the Court’s electronic filing system on all parties of record: 

Patrick J. O’Connell 

Texas Bar No. 15179900 

Law Offices of Patrick J. O’Connell PLLC 

5926 Balcones Dr., Ste. 220 

Austin, Texas 78731 

pat@pjofca.com

Julie Murray 

Hannah Swanson 

1110 Vermont Ave., NW Ste. 300 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

(202) 973-4800 

julie.murray@ppfa.org 

hannah.swanson@ppfa.org

Jennifer Sandman 

123 William Street 

New York, NY 10038 jennifer.sandman@ppfa.org

Heather Gebelin 

Hacker Andrew Bowman 

Stephes Benjamin S. Walton 

209 W. 14th Street, 7th Floor 

Austin, TX 78701 

(512) 836-2540 

(512) 474-2697 (fax) 

heather.hacker@oag.texas.gov 

andrew.stephens@oag.texas.gov 

benjamin.walton@oag.texas.gov 

John J. Butrus, Jr. 

Dallas County District Attorney's Office 

133 N. Riverfront Blvd LB 19 

Dallas, TX 75207 

(214) 653-3691 

(214) 653-2899 (fax) 

john.butrus@dallascounty.org

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Justin C. Pfeiffer 

Fort Bend County Attorney's Office 

401 Jackson Street Third Floor Richmond, TX 77469 (281) 341-4555 

(281) 341-4557 (fax) 

justin.pfeiffer@fortbendcountytx.gov

Ruben Gabriel Duarte 

El Paso County Attorney's Office 

500 E. San Antonio - Rm 503 

El Paso, TX 79901 

rduarte@epcounty.com

Adam Arthur Biggs 

Special Litigation 

P.O. Box 12548 

Austin, TX 78711-2548 

(512) 463-2120 

adam.biggs@oag.texas.gov 

David S. Lill 

Lill Firm, P.C. 

4407 Bee Caves Road 

Suite 111 Building 1 

Austin, TX 78746 

(512) 330-0252 

david@lillfirm.com 

Elizabeth Murrill Joseph 

Scott St. John Louisiana 

1885 North Third Street 

Baton Rouge, LA 70804 

murrille@ag.louisiana.gov

stjohnj@ag.louisiana.gov 

/s/ Laura Beckman Hedge 

Laura Beckman Hedge 

Sr. Assistant County Attorney 

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