UNITED STATES v. TEXAS

CAUSE NO. EP-21-CV-173-KC, CAUSE NO. EP-21-CV-178-KC.

586 F.Supp.3d 574 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The State of TEXAS and Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, Defendants. Annunciation House; Angry Tias & Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley; Jennifer Harbury; and Fiel Houston, Plaintiffs, v. Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas; and Steven McCraw, in his official capacity as Director of the State of Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division.

Signed February 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander K. Haas , Jean Lin , Michael Joseph Gerardi , Zachary Avallone , Brian Boynton , Joshua M. Kolsky , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff in EP-21-CV-173-KC.

Judd E. Stone , Amy Snow Hilton , Patrick K. Sweeten , William Thomas Thompson , William D. Wassdorf , Daniel Lawrence Abrahamson , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant State of Texas in EP-21-CV-173-KC.

Patrick K. Sweeten , William D. Wassdorf , Amy Snow Hilton , Daniel Lawrence Abrahamson , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant Greg Abbott in EP-21-CV-173-KC.

Eric C. Rassbach , Lori H. Windham , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amicus Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in EP-21-CV-173-KC.

Eric C. Rassbach , Lori H. Windham , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amicus Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in EP-21-CV-173-KC.

Andre I. Segura , Law Office of Andre Ivan Segura, Houston, TX, Bernardo Rafael Cruz , Houston, TX, Kathryn Lynn Huddleston , Kathryn Huddleston Law Office, Houston, TX, Adriana Cecilia Pinon , ACLU Foundation of Texas, Houston, TX, Cody Wofsy , Katrina Eiland , Spencer Amdur , ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, CA, Ming Cheung , Noor Zafar , Omar C. Jadwat , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs in EP-21-CV-178-KC.

Patrick K. Sweeten , Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Defendants in EP-21-CV-178-KC.


ORDER

On this day, the Court considered Defendants State of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott's Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim, ECF No. 67. For the reasons discussed herein, Defendants' Motion is DENIED...

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