Fifteenth Court of Appeals

Case: 15-26-00155-CV    
15-26-00155-CV
08/13/2026
Administrative Law - Plea to Jurisdiction
Mayor Kirk Watson; Council Members Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, Jose Velazquez, Jose "Chito" Vela, Ryan Alter, Krista Laine, Mike Siegel, Paige Ellis, Zohaib “Zo” Qadri, and Marc Duchen; and Austin Transit Partnership Board Members, Veronica Castro de Barrera, Kammy Horne, Juan Garza, Jeffrey Travillion, All in Their Official Capacities; et al. 
Dirty Martin's; Gonzalo Barrientos; Margaret Gomez; Ora Houston; and Susana Almanza 
No 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellate Briefs
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Description▲▼Document
No briefs.
Case Events
Date▲▼Event Type▲▼Disposition▲▼Document
09/01/2026Letter issued by the court 
08/24/2026Docketing statement filed 
[ PDF/1.23 MB ] Appellant's Docketing Statement
08/21/2026Clerks record filed 
08/18/2026Fee paid 
08/17/2026Reporters record filed 
08/13/2026Case began in court of appeals 
08/13/2026Notice of appeal filed in trial court 
08/13/2026Judgment signed by trial court judge 
Calendars
Set Date▲▼Calendar Type▲▼Reason Set▲▼
09/21/2026StatusAppellant brief due
Parties
Party▲▼Party Type▲▼Representative▲▼
Mayor Kirk Watson, Council Members Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, Jose Velazquez, Jose “Chito” Vela, Ryan Alter, Krista Lane, Mike Siegel, Paige Ellis, Zohaib “Zo” Qadri, and Marc Duchen All in Their Official CapacitiesAppellantPaul D. Trahan
Emily Wolf
Warren S. Huang
Kayla Ahmed
Austin Transit Partnership Board Members, Veronica Castro de Barrera, Kammy Horne, Juan Garza, Jeffrey Travillion, All in Their Official CapacitiesAppellantElliot Clark
Jeffrey Nydegger
Rosemarie Kanusky
Kayla Ahmed
Emily Wolf
Warren S. Huang
The City of AustinAppellantPaul D. Trahan
Emily Wolf
Kayla Ahmed
Warren S. Huang
Austin Transit Partnership Local Government CorporationAppellantWarren S. Huang
Paul D. Trahan
Emily Wolf
Kayla Ahmed
Dirty Martin'sAppelleeBill Aleshire
Barrientos, GonzaloAppelleeBill Aleshire
Gomez, MargaretAppelleeBill Aleshire
Houston, OraAppelleeBill Aleshire
Almanza, SusanaAppelleeBill Aleshire
Austin Transit Partnership Local Government Corporation Senior Lien Contract Revenue Harris Bonds, Series 24AppellantPaul D. Trahan
Kayla Ahmed
Emily Wolf
Warren S. Huang
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of TexasUnknownLynn E. Saarinen
Trial Court Information
455th District Court 
Travis 
Honorable Maria Cantú Hexsel 
D-1-GN-24-001064 
Chavela Crain