IN RE PAXTON

No. 22-50882.

53 F.4th 303 (2022)

IN RE Ken PAXTON, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natalie Deyo Thompson, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, Beth Ellen Klusmann, Esq., Office of the Texas Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Alexandra Wilson Albright, Attorney, Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Kirsten Marisol Castaneda, Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kevin Hampton Dubose, Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Jennifer R. Ecklund, Esq., Elizabeth Myers, Thompson Coburn, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Respondents North Texas Equal Access Fund, Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity, Frontera Fund, Afiya Center, West Fund, Jane's Due Process, Clinic Access Support Network, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Fund Texas Choice.

Before Higginbotham, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


Believing Texas intends to enforce its abortion laws to penalize their out-of-state actions, Plaintiffs sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton moved to dismiss the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiffs then issued subpoenas to obtain Paxton's testimony. Paxton moved to quash the subpoenas...

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