Johnny Partain v. State of Texas

ACCEPTED
15-25-00005-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
No. 15-25-00005-CV 9/10/2025 7:08 PM
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
CLERK
FILED IN
15th COURT OF APPEALS

In The
AUSTIN, TEXAS
9/10/2025 7:08:05 PM

Fifteenth Court Of Appeals CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk

JOHNNY PARTAIN
Appellant

v.

STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee

Appellant’s Reply To Appellee’s Response To His Motion To
Dismiss For Mootness

JOHNNY R. PARTAIN
7020 N 16th Street
McAllen, Texas 78504
956-240-1821
No. 15-25-00005-CV

In The
Fifteenth Court Of Appeals

JOHNNY PARTAIN
Appellant

v.

STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee

Appellant’s Reply To Appellee’s Response To His Motion To
Dismiss For Mootness

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THIS COURT:

COMES NOW JOHNNY PARTAIN, Appellant in the above styled and numbered

cause and files his Appellant’s Reply To Appellee’s Response To His Motion To Dismiss For Mootness,

and respectfully shows unto the Court the following.

1. Appellee’s response1 to Appellant’s motion to dismiss for Mootness demonstrates

exactly why Travis County District Court case no. D-1-GN-24-002560 (Travis case) is

moot. Appellee’s attorney, Ali Thorburn, refuses to honor the final order from the 332nd

Hidalgo County District Court in case no. C-0929-12-F (Hidalgo case) (a certified copy is
1 State Of Texas’s Response To Appellant’s Emergency Motion To Dismiss The District Court Case For Mootness
(response herein)
attached to Appellant’s Motion To DismissThe District Case On Mootness) adjudicating the rights

and relationship of Partain and the State of Texas. She refuses because the order

contradicts her representations to the judge in the Travis case and because the order directly

affects the rights of Partain and State of Texas in the Travis case, mooting her complaint.

She complains on p.3 of her response that “The State disputes that a taking occurred and

disputes that Partain’s attempts to take State property “compensated” him for such alleged

taking.” That’s not for her to say. Thorburn is not the state’s only attorney and arguing

against another district court’s final judgment under another state attorney is the definition

of irrelevant. The state has already accepted the final judgment in the Hidalgo case which

does affect the parties rights in the Travis case. The State of Texas was a defendant in the

Hidalgo case litigation, it was notified, and it had the opportunity to complain about

Partain, or to appeal. It did not. The State of Texas accepted the final judgment of the

Hidalgo court without Ali Thorburn’s approval.

2. Thorburn then complains on p.8 of her response that “This Court’s decision will

affect the rights of the parties in the present case. Should this Court agree with Partain and

dismiss the district court’s case, the State’s property rights will be affected.” That not

accurate since even Thorburn demonstrates through her argument that the Hidalgo case

has already effected, has already adjudicated the parties’ rights in the Travis case without a

decision from this appeals court. That’s the affect of parallel cases and the point of the

mootness. A case becomes moot if, since the time of filing, there ceases to exist a

justiciable controversy between the parties—that is, if the issues presented are no longer

“live,” or if the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome. Tex. Ass'n of Bus. v.
Tex. Air Control Bd., 852 S.W.2d 440, 443–45 (Tex.1993). The State of Texas owed Partain a

debt and Partain was finally compensated by the State of Texas for that debt. There is no

other legally cognizable interest in the outcome of the Travis case. Accordingly, the Travis

case is moot.

3. But then Thorburn argues that the final judgment in the parallel Hidalgo case means

nothing. She invites this appeals court to review the Hidalgo case’s final order by offering

up Partain’s affidavit in the case and providing excuses as to why a judge makes their

decisions. See Response at p.5-6. Thorburn is missing the whole point of the doctrine of

res judicata and why what she offers this court is forbidden. In Texas, once a case has been

decided, the doctrine of res judicata bars any review of the proceedings related to that case.

The case is over. The doctrine of res judicata "prevents the relitigation of a claim or cause

of action that has been finally adjudicated, as well as related matters that, with the use of

diligence, should have been litigated in the prior suit." Barr v. Resolution Trust Corp., 837

S.W.2d 627, 628 (Tex. 1992); Res judicata bars a party from attempting to relitigate a claim or cause

of action that a competent tribunal has finally adjudicated." Valverde v. Biela's Glass & Aluminum

Prods., 293 S.W.3d 751, 755 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2009, pet. denied). "For res judicata to apply,

the following elements must be present: (1) a prior final judgment on the merits by a court of competent

jurisdiction; (2) the same parties or those in privity with them; and (3) a second action based on the same

claims as were raised or could have been raised in the first action." Id.

4. The State of Texas has been brought into conformance with the United States

Constitution and the Texas Constitution. Partain has been compensated his due pursuant
to the constitutions. The state has no further interest in Partain’s compensation. The state

is satisfied. Partain is satisfied. The Travis case is Moot.

Respectfully Submitted,

___________________________
Johnny Partain
7020 N 16th Street
McAllen, Texas 78504
partain@atlastechnologies.biz
956-240-1821

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been
serviced by email to Ms. Ali Thorburn, Assistant Attorney General General Litigation
Division, Ali.Thorburn@oag.texas.gov on this September 10, 2025.

___________________________
Johnny Partain
7020 N 16th Street
McAllen, Texas 78504
partain@atlastechnologies.biz
956-240-1821
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Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Ali Thorburn Ali.Thorburn@oag.texas.gov 9/10/2025 7:08:05 PM SENT

Johnny Partain partain@atlastechnologies.biz 9/10/2025 7:08:05 PM SENT