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 Interlo cutory Appeal , pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure Sections 26 .1 (b) and 28.1, from the Di stiict Co urt' s Order D e nying D efendant' s Motion to Dismiss i ssued on July 1 , 2015. Defendant would respectfully sho w the Co mi the followin g : On June 19 , 2015 , the Court held a hearing on Defendant 's Motion to Di smi ss pursuant to C hapter 27 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. On July 1 , 20 15 , the Comi is su ed an Order denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss. A tru e and c01rec t copy ofth e Order i s attached as Exhibit "A." On Jul y 13 , 20 1 5, Defendant rec e ived notice of the Order and this Noti ce of Interlocutory Appeal followed
. Defendant hereby appeal s to thi s Court's jmi sdiction as Defendant asse 1i s that this case shou ld ha ve b een dismissed pursuant to a motion to di smiss under the T e

xas Citi zen Participation Act codified at Chapter 27 of the T e xas Civil Practi ce & R emedies Code
. Defendant intends this Interlocutory Appeal to be accelerated in accordance with Rule 28.1 of the T exas Rules of Appellate Procedure and a s required under T exas Civ il Practi ce & Rem edi es Cod e§ 27 .00 8(a).

D efs Notice of Appea l P age 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 01-15-00617-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/24/2015 11:06:03 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERKDefendant 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 ofAppeals , Houston, Texas pursuant to Section 5 l .Ol 4(b ) , Texas Civil Practice and Remedie s Code. SIGNED thi s 13th day of July, 2015.

B y :

D ef s N o ti ce 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, Tex as 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 Couns e l for D e fe ndant Bob D e u e ll

Page2CERTIFICATE 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
. N ixon BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSON , L.L.P. 1300 Post Oak Blvd. , 25th Floor Hou ston , TX 77056-3000 Electronic Notification

Electronic Notification

GEORGE E. HYDE SCOTT M. TSCHIRHART

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### CAUSE NO. 2014-32179 

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## t 2015 TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITIEE, INC. 

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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
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# R~ Presiding Judge

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