CASE SUMMARY
On October 18, 2021, a coalition of Latino civil and voting rights organizations and Latino Texans filed a federal lawsuit against Texas's Governor and Deputy Secretary of State challenging the state's enacted state House, state Senate, State Board of Education, and congressional redistricting plans as violating the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act. Specifically, plaintiffs allege that all four plans are intentionally racially discriminatory towards the plaintiffs as Latino voters in violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and that all four plans have both the intent and effect of diluting Latino voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Additionally, plaintiffs assert that Texas's prior redistricting plans, where were enacted following the 2010 Census, have since become unconstitutionally malapportioned in violation of the one person, one vote constitutional principle such that they can no longer be used in future elections, and that the newly enacted state House plan, with an overall deviation of 9.98%, also violates the 14th Amendment's one person, one vote principle because the large deviation resulted from the state's efforts to minimize the number of Latino-majority and Latino influence districts. The plaintiffs are seeking a judicial declaration that all four of the newly enacted redistricting plans are unlawful and unconstitutional, a declaration that the previous decade's redistricting plans are unconstitutionally malapportioned, an injunction barring the defendants from implementing or utilizing the plans in future elections, for the court to establish a reasonable deadline by which the state must adopt new, valid redistricting plans, and if the state fails to do so, for the court to order new redistricting plans on its own.
On November 19, 2021, the district court consolidated this case with several other pending challenges to Texas redistricting plans: Wilson v. Texas; Voto Latino v. Scott; Mexican Am. Legislative Caucus v. Texas; Brooks v. Abbott; Fair Maps Texas Action Comm. v. Abbott; & Texas State Conf. of the NAACP v. Abbott. On December 10, 2021, another case was consolidated with this lawsuit, United States v. Texas, and on December 15, 2021, Fischer v. Scott was consolidated as well. On January 13, 2022, another congressional plan challenge was consolidated, Escobar v. Abbott.
On February 8, 2022, the district court dismissed the Wilson plaintiff's complaint on the grounds it failed to allege an injury-in-fact traceable to the defendants. In May 2022, defendant-members of the Texas House and Senate each appealed certain rulings by the district court involving claims of legislative privilege to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, with the . The Fifth Circuit denied the stay on May 20, and the legislators filed an emergency application for a stay with the U.S. Supreme Court the following day. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the stay application on May 31.
On May 23, 2022, the court issued an opinion and order dismissing many of the Voto Latino, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas State Conference of the NAACP, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, and United States' claims on the grounds the plaintiffs either lacked standing to pursue them or failed to state a claim. On June 23, 2022, the court dismissed the Escobar plaintiffs' claims and closed that case. On July 25, the court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the Fischer plaintiff's Section 2 claim for failure to state a claim. On December 6, the court dismissed several of the MALC plaintiffs' claims and on December 14, the court dismissed some of the United States' claims.
On August 8, 2022, the Brooks plaintiffs appealed the district court's denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court dismissed that petition on November 21.
CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division - No. 3:21-cv-259 [consolidated with 1:21-cv-943, 1:21-cv-965, 1:21-cv-988, 1:21-cv-991, 1:21-cv-1006, 1:21-cv-1038, 3:21-cv-299, 3:21-cv-306, 3:22-cv-22, 3:22-mc-219 & 3:22-mc-230]
- Complaint - 10/18/21
- Order Constituting Three-Judge Court - 10/20/21
- Defendants' Partially Opposed Motion to Consolidate - 11/10/21
- Order - 11/10/21
- Expedited Response of Respondent Damon James Wilson in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 11/12/21
- Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limits for Their Motion to Dismiss, For a More Definite Statement, or to Strike - 11/12/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, For a More Definite Statement, or to Strike - 11/15/21
- Response of Brooks Plaintiffs to Motion to Consolidate - 11/15/21
- Voto Latino Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 11/15/21
- Plaintiff MALC's Response to Motion to Consolidate - 11/17/21
- Order Consolidating Cases - 11/19/21
- Plaintiff's Opposed Motion for Certification of Class Action - 11/19/21
- Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to Respond to Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification - 11/19/21
- Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration of Order Convening Three-Judge Court and for Remand to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas - 11/19/21
- Advisory Regarding Pending Motion to Consolidate - 11/19/21
- Amended Order - 11/19/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 11/19/21
- Defendants' Combined Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration and Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 11/19/21
- Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration - 11/22/21
- Order - 11/22/21
- Plaintiff Wilson's Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Verified Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Certification of Class Action, in Excess of Page Limitation - 11/24/21
- Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time - 11/24/21
- Consolidated Plaintiffs' Joint Advisory to the Court Regarding Liaison Counsel - 11/24/21
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction as to Senate District 10 - 11/24/21
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction Hearing - 11/24/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Brooks Plaintiffs' Claims - 11/29/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Wilson's Complaint - 11/29/21
- Voto Latino Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 11/30/21
- Statement of Interest of the United States - 11/30/21
- Defendants' Response to the Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction Hearing - 12/1/21
- Defendants' Motion for Extension - 12/1/21
- Order - 12/2/21
- Joint Proposed Agenda for Status Conference - 12/2/21
- Order Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 12/3/21
- Notice to All Parties - 12/3/21
- Response in Opposition to Class Certification - 12/3/21
- Order Dismissing Wilson Complaint - 12/3/21
- Plaintiff Wilson's Objections and Request for Reconsideration of Order of Dismissal Based on Lack of Standing - 12/5/21
- First Amended Complaint - 12/7/21
- Order Setting Briefing Schedule for the Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 12/7/21
- Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limits for Their Motion to Dismiss - 12/7/21
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss Voto Latino's Complaint - 12/7/21
- Order - 12/8/21
- Order Setting Preliminary Injunction Hearing - 12/8/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Mexican American Legislative Caucus's Complaint, For a More Definite Statement, or to Strike - 12/9/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss NAACP's Complaint - 12/9/21
- Order Consolidating Case - 12/10/21
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 12/13/21
- Plaintiff Wilson's First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, and Request for Certification of Class Action - 12/13/21
- Plaintiff Wilson's Response in Opposition to Defendants' First Motion to Dismiss - 12/13/21
- Motion to Intervene by Eddie Bernice Johnson, et al., as Plaintiff-Intervenors - 12/15/21
- Order Consolidating Case - 12/15/21
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Scheduling Order - 12/15/21
- Defendants' Proposed Schedule - 12/15/21
- State Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File a Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 12/20/21
- Defendants' Opposition to the Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 12/20/21
- State Defendants' Objections to the Brooks Plaintiffs' Preliminary Injunction Exhibits - 12/20/21
- Order - 12/21/21
- The United States' Unopposed Motion to Amend the Scheduling Order and Memorandum in Support - 12/22/21
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion to Enlarge Page Limits - 12/23/21
- Texas NAACP's Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 12/23/21
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction as to Senate District 10 - 12/23/21
- Order Amending Scheduling Order - 12/27/21
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the United States' Complaint or, in the Alternative, for a More Definite Statement - 12/27/21
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss - 12/29/21
- Defendants' Opposition to Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, Alexander Green, and Jasmine Crockett's Motion to Intervene - 12/29/21
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss Texas NAACP's Complaint - 12/29/21
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 12/30/21
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 1/3/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Response to State Defendants' Objections to Preliminary Injunction Exhibits - 1/4/22
- Intervenors Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Alexander Green, and Jasmine Crockett's Response to Defendants' Opposition to Motion to Intervene - 1/5/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time - 1/6/22
- Order - 1/6/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Exhibit List - 1/7/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Designation of Potential Witnesses - 1/7/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Designation of Experts - 1/7/22
- Order - 1/11/22
- Joint Advisory Regarding Brooks Plaintiffs' Preliminary Injunction Hearing - 1/11/22
- Plaintiff Wilson's Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike and Second Motion to Dismiss - 1/11/22
- Advisory Regarding Access to RedAppl Software - 1/13/22
- Order Consolidating Case - 1/13/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 1/14/22
- Defendants' Exhibit List - 1/14/22
- Defendants' Designation of Potential Witnesses - 1/14/22
- Defendants' Designation of Experts - 1/14/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 1/18/22
- Defendants' Reply Supporting Their Motion to Strike or Dismiss Wilson's Amended Complaint - 1/18/22
- Rule 26(f) Conference Report - 1/20/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' First Amended Exhibit List - 1/24/22
- Notice of Filing of Brooks Plaintiffs' Supplemental Exhibits in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/24/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief on Preliminary Injunction Remedies - 1/24/22
- Defendants' Amended Exhibit List - 1/24/22
- United States' Opposition to Texas's Motion to Dismiss - 1/24/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Second Amended Exhibit List - 1/25/22
- Second Notice of Filing of Brooks Plaintiffs' Supplemental Exhibit in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/25/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion in Limine - 1/26/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Designation of Deposition Excerpts for the Deposition of Kel Seliger - 1/26/22
- State Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 1/26/22
- Defendants' Second Amended Exhibit List - 1/26/22
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss the Mexican American Legislative Caucus's Complaint, for a More Definite Statement, or to Strike - 1/28/22
- Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Witness List - 1/28/22
- Defendants' Exhibit List - 1/28/22
- Joint Advisory Regarding Stipulated Deposition Limit - 1/28/22
- Order Denying Preliminary Injunction - 2/1/22
- Defendants' Answer to the Brooks Plaintiffs' Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 2/1/22
- Defendants' Advisory Addressing Exhibits - 2/4/22
- Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limits for Their Motion to Dismiss - 2/4/22
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Fair Maps' Complaint - 2/7/22
- Order Denying Leave to Amend and Dismissing Wilson Plaintiff's Action - 2/8/22
- Final Judgment in Wilson v. Texas - 2/8/22
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss the United States' Complaint - 2/14/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 2/18/22
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss the Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Complaint - 2/25/22
- Plaintiff MALC's First Amended Complaint - 4/22/22
- Stipulated Order Regarding the Disclosure of Privileged Information - 3/1/22
- Consent Confidentiality and Protective Order - 3/2/22
- Stipulated Order Regarding Discovery of Electronically Stored Information - 3/2/22
- Motion to Dismiss in Part - 3/14/22
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's Original Complaint - 3/14/22
- Motion to Modify Scheduling Order - 3/24/22
- Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer, Veronica Escobar's, and Defendant's Joint Motion to Extend Time - 3/28/22
- Advisory to the Court in Response to Motion to Dismiss Complaint in Part - 3/28/22
- First Amended Complaint of Plaintiff-Intervenors Eddie Bernice Johnson, et al. - 3/28/22
- Order - 3/31/22
- Defendants' Cross Motion to Modify Scheduling Order - 3/31/22
- Defendants' Opposition to the United States' Motion to Modify Scheduling Order - 3/31/22
- United States' Motion to Compel Production of Documents From the State of Texas - 4/1/22
- Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief - 4/4/22
- Defendants' Response to Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint - 4/6/22
- Fischer Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint - 4/6/22
- Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limit - 4/6/22
- Defendants and Subpoena Recipients' Motion to Quash or, in the Alternative, Motion for Protective Order - 4/7/22
- Order Modifying Scheduling Order - 4/7/22
- Opposition to Motion to Compel - 4/8/22
- Unopposed Motion for Extend Deadline - 4/11/22
- Motion to Dismiss Veronica Escobar's Complaint - 4/13/22
- Motion to Dismiss Intervenors' Amended Complaint - 4/14/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Unopposed Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint and Join Parties - 4/14/22
- United States' Opposition to Defendants' and 26 Legislative Officials' Motion to Quash - 4/14/22
- Voto Latino Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint - 4/14/22
- Plaintiff Veronica Escobar's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief - 4/14/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Amend Their First Amended Complaint - 4/14/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint - 4/14/22
- United States' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel - 4/15/22
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's First Amended Complaint - 4/20/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 4/20/22
- Motion to Stay - 4/20/22
- Voto Latino Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint - 4/21/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 4/21/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Quash - 4/21/22
- Non-Party Texas Legislative Council's Notice to Court - 4/21/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline - 4/22/22
- Order Denying Stay - 4/22/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Preliminary Injunction - 5/4/22
- Legislators' Motion to Quash or Modify Deposition Subpoenas and Motion for Protective Order - 5/4/22
- Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's Response to the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 5/4/22
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Trey Martinez Fischer's First Amended Complaint - 5/11/22
- Joint Stipulation Modifying Expert Deadlines - 5/11/22
- Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages in United States' Response to Motion to Quash - 5/11/22
- Private Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Brief in Opposition to Legislators' Motion to Quash and for Leave to Exceed Page Limit - 5/11/22
- United States' Opposition to Legislators' Motion to Quash Deposition Subpoenas - 5/12/22
- Private Plaintiffs' Brief in Opposition to Legislators' Motion to Quash or Modify Deposition Subpoenas and Motion for Protective Order - 5/12/22
- Plaintiff-Intervenors Eddie Bernice Johnson, et al., Response to the Defendants Motion to Dismiss - 5/12/22
- Legislators' Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limit - 5/13/22
- Legislators' Motion to Quash or Modify Private Plaintiffs' Deposition Subpoenas and Motion for Protective Order - 5/13/22
- Reply in Support of Legislators' Motion to Quash or Modify Deposition Subpoenas and Motion for Protective Order - 5/13/22
- Order - 5/16/22
- Notice Regarding Legislators' Pending Request for an Administrative Stay Pending Ruling on Legislators' Motions to Quash - 5/17/22
- Order Denying Motions to Quash and for Protective Order - 5/18/22
- Legislators' Emergency Motion to Stay Legislators' Depositions Pending Appeal - 5/18/22
- Notice of Appeal by Third-Party Movants Texas House Members - 5/18/22
- Order - 5/18/22
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Brooks Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 5/18/22
- Motion to Dismiss the Escobar Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 5/18/22
- Motion to Dismiss the Voto Latino Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 5/18/22
- Motion to Dismiss the MALC Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 5/18/22
- Motion to Dismiss the LULAC Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 5/18/22
- United States' Opposition to Legislators' Emergency Motion to Stay Depositions Pending Appeal - 5/19/22
- Private Plaintiffs' Response to Legislators' Emergency Motion to Stay Legislators' Depositions Pending Appeal - 5/19/22
- Order Denying Motion to Stay - 5/19/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 5/19/22
- United States' Designation of Testifying Experts - 5/20/22
- Voto Latino Plaintiffs' Notice of Designation of Testifying Experts - 5/20/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' First Amended Designation of Experts - 5/20/22
- MALC Plaintiffs' Designation of Experts - 5/20/22
- Texas State Conference of the NAACP's Designation of Testifying Experts - 5/20/22
- Notice of Designation of Experts - 5/20/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Designation of Testifying Experts - 5/20/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Notice of Designation of Testifying Experts - 5/20/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 5/23/22
- Joint Stipulation Modifying LULAC Plaintiffs' Deadline to File Expert Report and Defendants' Deadline to File a Rebuttal Report - 5/24/22
- The United States' Unopposed Motion to Clarify Order - 5/25/22
- Order of Clarification - 5/27/22
- Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Motions to Dismiss - 5/27/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Extend the Deadline to File Their Third Amended Complaint - 6/6/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Join Additional Plaintiffs - 6/6/22
- United States' Amended Complaint - 6/6/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Second Amended Complaint - 6/6/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Join Additional Parties - 6/6/22
- Unopposed Motion to Modify Scheduling Order - 6/9/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Their Third Amended Complaint and to File Out of Time - 6/9/22
- Order Modifying Scheduling Order - 6/9/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend - 6/9/22
- Motion by Texas House Members and Legislative Employees to Quash Deposition Subpoenas and Motion for Protective Order - 6/14/22
- Reply Brief of Plaintiff Texas NAACP in Support of Texas NAACP's Motion to File First Amended Complaint Under Seal - 6/14/22
- Response to Abuabara Plaintiffs' Corrected Motion for Leave to Join Additional Parties - 6/14/22
- Response to Brooks Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Join Additional Parties - 6/14/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 6/15/22
- Order - 6/15/22
- Motion by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, et al., to Quash Deposition Subpoenas and, Alternatively, Motion for Protective Order - 6/15/22
- Reply in Support of Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Opposed Motion for Leave to File Under Seal Organizational Plaintiffs' Member Identifying Information - 6/15/22
- Order - 6/15/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Opposed Motion for Leave to File Exhibit Under Seal - 6/17/22
- United States' Motion to Enforce Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum - 6/17/22
- Stipulated Order Regarding Legislative Deposition Protocol - 6/21/22
- Order - 6/21/22
- Abuabara Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 6/21/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 6/21/22
- United States' Opposition to Speaker Dade Phelan's Motion to Quash - 6/21/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Response to Motion by Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, General Counsel to the House Margo Cardwell, and House Parliamentarian Sharon Carter to Quash Deposition Subpoenas and, Alternatively, Motion for Protective Order - 6/22/22
- Plaintiffs Escobar & English Cantu's Unopposed Motion for Nonsuit - 6/22/22
- Supplemental Brief in Support of LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Exhibit Under Seal - 6/22/22
- Order Dismissing Escobar Claims - 6/23/22
- Reply in Support of Motion by Texas House Speaker, General Counsel to the House, and House Parliamentarian to Quash Deposition Subpoenas and, Alternatively, Motion for Protective Order - 6/27/22
- Order - 6/27/22
- Response to United States' Motion to Enforce Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum - 6/27/22
- Joint Motion of Plaintiffs LULAC, et al., Abuabara, et al., and Texas NAACP to Compel Production of Documents From Defendant Abbott - 6/27/22
- United States' Notice of Motion to Compel Eric Wienckowski's Compliance With Non-Party Subpoena - 6/27/22
- Memorandum of Law of the United States in Support of Its Motion to Compel Eric Wienckowski's Compliance With Non-Party Subpoena - 6/27/22
- Declaration of Holly F.B. Berlin - 6/27/22
- Consolidation Order - 6/27/22
- Order Granting Administrative Stay of Subpoenas - 6/28/22
- Unopposed Motion to Substitute Memorandum of Law - 6/28/22
- Respondents Eric Wienckowski and Thomas Bryan's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the United States' Motion to Compel Compliance With Non-Party Subpoena - 6/29/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend - 6/30/22
- United States' Reply in Support of Motion to Enforce Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the MALC Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the United States' Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the LULAC Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the Abuabara Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the Brooks Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss the Fair Maps Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Motion to Dismiss Texas NAACP's First Amended Complaint - 7/1/22
- Consolidation Order - 7/5/22
- United States' Motion to Compel Compliance With Subpoena - 7/5/22
- United States' Memorandum in Support of Its Motion to Compel Compliance With Subpoena - 7/5/22
- Order Regarding Motions to Quash Deposition Subpoenas - 7/6/22
- Abuabara and LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendant John Scott to Produce Documents - 7/6/22
- United States' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Compliance of Eric Wienckowski and Thomas Bryan With Non-Party Subpoenas - 7/6/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend - 7/7/22
- Non-Party Texas Legislative Council's Emergency Motion to Reconsider Order and for Protective Order - 7/8/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend Page Limit - 7/8/22
- Opposition to Motion to Compel - 7/11/22
- Order - 7/12/22
- United States' Memorandum in Opposition to Texas Legislative Council's Motion for Reconsideration - 7/14/22
- Motion for Leave for Limited Discovery Out of Time - 7/15/22
- Amended Motion for Leave for Limited Discovery Out of Time - 7/15/22
- Thomas Bryan and Eric Wienckowski's Response in Opposition to MALC's Motion for Leave for Limited Discovery Out of Time - 7/15/22
- Amended Notice of Appeal by Texas House Members and Employees as Third-Party Movants - 7/15/22
- Unopposed Joint Motion of Plaintiffs LULAC, et al., Abuabara et al., and Texas NAACP for Leave to Exceed Page Limit for Their Reply in Support of Their Motion to Compel Production of Documents From Defendant Abbott - 7/15/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 7/18/22
- Reply in Support of Joint Motion of Plaintiffs LULAC, et al., Abuabara et al., and Texas NAACP to Compel Production of Documents From Defendant Abbott - 7/18/22
- Defendants' Designation of Testifying Experts - 7/18/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Exceed Page Limit For Their Motion to Compel Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum - 7/18/22
- United States' Notice RE: Intent to Depose Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan - 7/19/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum - 7/19/22
- Order Denying Motion to Quash in Part as Moot - 7/19/22
- Opposition to Motion to Compel - 7/20/22
- Unopposed Motion to Extend - 7/20/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents From Defendants - 7/21/22
- Non-Parties Texas Legislative Council and Jeffrey Archer's Opposed Motion to Quash Deposition Subpoena of Jeffrey Archer and, Alternatively, Motion for Protective Order - 7/21/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 7/22/22
- Texas State Conference of the NAACP's First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 7/22/22
- Opposition to Motion for Leave to Take Depositions Out of Time - 7/22/22
- Order - 7/25/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 7/25/22
- Plaintiff MALC's Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 7/25/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Opposition to State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint - 7/25/22
- Abuabara Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint and, in the Alternative, Cross-Motion for Leave to Amend - 7/25/22
- United States' Opposition to Texas's Motion to Dismiss - 7/25/22
- Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Opposed Motion for Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint - 7/25/22
- Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Texas NAACP's First Amended Complaint - 7/25/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 7/26/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Opposition to the State's Motion to Dismiss the Third Amended Complaint - 7/26/22
- United States' Reply Memorandum in Support of MALC Plaintiffs' Motion for Extension of Time to Complete Discovery - 7/26/22
- Notice of Appeal by Texas Legislators and Employees as Third-Party Movants - 7/26/22
- Abuabara and LULAC Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Defendant John Scott to Produce Documents - 7/27/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Notice of Designation of Rebuttal Experts - 7/27/22
- United States' Memorandum in Opposition to Texas Legislative Council and Jeffrey Archer's Motion to Quash and for Protective Order - 7/28/22
- Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Reply Memorandum in Support of MALC's Motion for Leave for Limited Discovery Out of Time - 7/28/22
- Opposition to Motion to Compel - 7/28/22
- Opposition to Motion for Leave to Amend - 7/28/22
- United States' Second Designation of Testifying Expert - 8/1/22
- Fair Maps Texas Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to Amend and File a Second Amended Complaint - 8/1/22
- Fischer Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint - 8/2/22
- Notice of Waiver Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave - 8/2/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Response to State Defendants "Notice of Waiver Regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave" - 8/2/22
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 8/3/22
- Fischer Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint - 8/3/22
- Order - 8/4/22
- Non-Parties Texas Legislative Council and Jeffrey Archer's Reply in Support of Motion to Quash Deposition Subpoena of Jeffrey Archer and, Alternatively, Motion for Protective Order - 8/4/22
- Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Move to Compel Testimony of Senators Huffman and Bettencourt and Ms. Carter - 8/7/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss United States' Complaint - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss LULAC Complaint - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Abuabara Complaint - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Brooks Complaint - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Fair Maps Complaint - 8/8/22
- Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Texas NAACP Complaint - 8/8/22
- Order - 8/10/22
- United States' Motion to Enforce Order Compelling the Production of OAG Documents From the State of Texas - 8/10/22
- Order on Motion to Compel - 8/12/22
- Order on Motion to Compel - 8/12/22
- United States' Motion to Enforce a Document Subpoena Issued to Representative Mike Schofield - 8/12/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Third-Party Subpoenas Duces Tecum to Legislators - 8/15/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Production of Documents by the State of Texas - 8/17/22
- Defendants' Opposition to the United States' Motion to Enforce Order Compelling the Production of OAG Documents From the State of Texas - 8/17/22
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Compel - 8/22/22
- Order - 8/22/22
- Order Denying Motion to Quash and Motion for Protective Order - 8/23/22
- Amended Notice of Appeal by Texas Legislators and Employees as Third-Party Movants - 8/24/22
- Notice - 8/24/22
- United States' Reply in Support of Motion to Enforce Order Compelling the Production of OAG Documents From the State of Texas - 8/24/22
- Defendants' Opposition to LULAC's Motion to Compel Production of Documents by the State of Texas - 8/24/22
- Joint Advisory Regarding the Court's August 22, 2022 Order - 8/26/22
- Order - 8/30/22
- Defendants' Answer to Trey Martinez Fischer's Second Amended Complaint - 8/31/22
- Order - 9/2/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Compel Production of Documents by the State of Texas - 9/2/22
- Order - 9/8/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Third-Party Subpoena Duces Tecum to Anna Mackin - 9/15/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 9/28/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Intervenors' First Amended Complaint - 9/28/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 9/29/22
- Order - 9/29/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 9/30/22
- Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Move to Compel Production of Documents by Texas LULAC - 10/4/22
- Defendants' Answer to Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 10/12/22
- Brooks Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 10/13/22
- Abuabara Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 10/13/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion for Reopen Discovery for the Limited Purpose of Seeking Specific Documents From Dave's Redistricting, LLC - 10/17/22
- Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Move to Compel Reopened Legislative Deposition Testimony of Representatives Hunter and Murr - 10/18/22
- Second Amended Complaint of Plaintiff-Intervenors Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Alexander Green, and Jasmine Crockett - 10/19/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 10/20/22
- Defendants' Response in Opposition to LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion to Reopen Discovery - 10/24/22
- Defendants' Answer to the Brooks Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 10/27/22
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Reopen Discovery for the Limited Purpose of Seeking Specific Documents From Dave's Redistricting, LLC - 11/1/22
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiff-Intervenors' Second Amended Complaint - 11/2/22
- United States' Renewed Motion to Compel Production of Bryan and Wienckowski Documents - 11/9/22
- Response in Opposition to the United States' Renewed Motion to Compel Production of Consulting Expert Communications and Their Work Product - 11/16/22
- Order - 11/17/22
- Order - 11/17/22
- Motion to Compel Texas Legislative Council Documents - 11/17/22
- Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 11/18/22
- Clarification Order - 11/23/22
- United States' Reply in Support of Renewed Motion to Compel Production of Bryan and Wienckowski Documents - 11/23/22
- Non-Party Texas Legislative Council's Response in Opposition to the United States' Motion to Compel Texas Legislative Council Documents - 11/30/22
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Second Amended Complaint - 12/5/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 12/6/22
- Joint Status Report Concerning Appeals and Miscellaneous Actions - 12/7/22
- Amended Notice of Appeal - 12/9/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 12/14/22
- Motion for Reconsideration of Order Dismissing Claims Related to Congressional District 15 - 12/14/22
- Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration - 12/19/22
- State Defendants' Answer to the MALC Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 12/20/22
- Joint Motion Regarding Trial Schedule - 2/10/23
- Order Denying Joint Motion Regarding Trial Schedule - 2/10/23
- Joint Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Briefing Regarding Pending Discovery Motions Involving the Legislative Privilege - 5/26/23
- Order Setting Briefing Schedule - 5/26/23
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 6/16/23
- Private Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Time to File Supplemental Brief Regarding the Legislative Privilege - 6/26/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Claims and for Leave to File Their Fourth Amended Complaint - 6/30/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Fourth Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 7/5/23
- Notice Regarding LULAC v. Patrick Documents Appeal - 7/18/23
- State Defendants' and Legislative Subpoena recipients' Opposed Motion for Briefing Schedule and [...] Unopposed Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limit - 7/26/23
- The United States' Response to the State and the Legislators' Motion for Briefing Schedule - 7/26/23
- Order Granting Leave to Exceed Page Limit and Setting Briefing Schedule - 7/27/23
- United States' Supplemental Opening Brief on Remand from LULAC v. Patrick: Motion to Enforce Legislative Documents Subpoenas - 8/10/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Exceed Page Limit for Private Plaintiffs' Second Supplemental Brief Regarding the Legislative Privilege (LULAC v. Patrick Remand) - 8/10/23
- Order - 8/21/23
- Joint Status Report Regarding Pending Disputes - 8/28/23
- State Defendants' and Legislative Subpoena Recipients' Supplemental Brief Regarding LULAC v. Patrick - 8/31/23
- Private Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Reply [...] - 9/13/23
- United States' Supplemental Reply Brief on Remand from LULAC v. Patrick: Motion to Enforce Legislative Documents Subpoenas - 9/14/23
- Private Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Second Supplemental Brief Regarding the Legislative Privilege - 9/22/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Notice Regarding Recent Fifth Circuit Opinion [...] - 10/23/23
- State Defendants' and Legislative Subpoena Recipients' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 11/3/23
- United States' Response to State Defendants' and Legislators' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 11/9/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Motion to Compel Regarding Assertions of Legislative Privilege [...] - 11/9/23
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 12/21/23
- Response to the United States' and LULAC Plaintiffs' Motions to Compel - 12/28/23
- LULAC Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal of the district court's Memorandum Opinion and Order of 12/21/23 - 2/20/24
- Unopposed Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Plaintiff Maria Montes - 4/9/24
- Abuabara Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Complaint - 4/9/24
- Order Granting Motion for Voluntary Dismissal - 4/9/24
- Order Granting Motion to File Supplemental Complaint - 4/10/24
- Supplemental Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 4/10/24
- Opinion Dissenting from Memorandum Opinion and Order (ECF No. 746) - 4/30/24
- Unpublished Order - 5/2/24
- Unopposed Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Plaintiff Dona Murphey - 5/7/24
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Complaint - 5/7/24
- Order Granting Motion for Voluntary Dismissal - 5/7/24
- Order Granting Motion to File Supplemental Complaint - 5/7/24
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 5/7/24
- Motion to Dismiss the Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint - 5/28/24
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Opposition to Motion to Dismiss - 5/31/24
- Motion to Dismiss Abuabara Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint - 6/5/24
- Notice of Amended Certificate of Conference to State Defendants' Motions to Dismiss - 6/6/24
- Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Supplemental Complaint - 6/18/24
- Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Abuabara Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint - 6/20/24
- Order - 6/21/24
- Order - 6/24/24
- State Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 6/24/24
- State Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 6/27/24
- Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Fair Maps Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 7/2/24
- Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Bacy Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint - 7/11/24
- The United States and Private Plaintiffs' Status Report Regarding Case Progress - 7/26/24
- State Defendants' Status Report - 7/26/24
- Motion to Dismiss in Part the United States' Supplemental Complaint - 7/30/24
- Amended motion to Dismiss in Part the United States' Supplemental Complaint - 7/30/24
- United States' Opposition to Texas' Third Motion to Dismiss - 8/13/24
- Reply in Support of the State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [...] - 8/20/24
- Order - 8/27/24
- Respondent's Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to comply with the Court's September 9, 2024 Order - 9/19/24
- Order - 9/19/24
- Order Directing the Parties to Submit Letter Briefs Addressing the Effect of Petteway - 9/30/24
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - No. 22-50407 [League of United Latin Am. Citizens v. Guillen]
- Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal or, Alternatively, Pending Merrill and for Temporary Administrative Stay Pending Consideration of Motion - 5/19/22
- Notice of District Court's Order Denying Stay Pending Appeal - 5/19/22
- Private Plaintiffs-Appellees' Opposition to Motion for Stay Pending Appeal - 5/20/22
- Reply in Support of Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal or, Alternatively, Pending Merrill and for Temporary Administrative Stay Pending Consideration of Motion - 5/20/22
- Appellee United States' Opposition to Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal - 5/20/22
- Order Denying Motion for Stay - 5/20/22
- Appellants' Unopposed Motion to Hold the Appeal in Abeyance - 6/7/22
- Order - 6/17/22
- Appellants' Status Report - 7/7/22
- Appellants' Status Report - 1/6/23
- Appellants' Status Report - 7/10/23
- Appellants' Status Report - 8/9/23
- Appellants' Status Report - 11/10/23
- Appellants' Status Report - 1/10/24
- Appellants' Status Report - 2/9/24
- Appellants' Status Report - 3/11/24
- Appellants' Motion for Voluntary Dismissal - 4/10/24
- Unpublished Order - 5/2/24
- Mandate - 7/8/24
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - No. 22-50435 [LULAC Texas v. Hughes]
- Notice of Appeal - 5/27/22
- Unopposed Motion to Expedite the Appeal - 6/7/22
- Order Granting Motion to Expedite - 6/8/22
- Appellants' Opening Brief - 6/21/22
- Brief for the United States as Appellee - 7/18/22
- Brief of the LULAC Plaintiffs as Appellees - 7/18/22
- Appellants' Reply Brief - 7/27/22
- Plaintiffs-Appellees' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 7/27/22
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - No. 22-50662 [LULAC v. Patrick]
- Appellants' Opposed Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and Administrative Stay - 7/27/22
- Order - 7/27/22
- Appellee United States' Opposition to Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal - 7/28/22
- Briefing Notice - 9/12/22
- Appellants' Unopposed Motion to Hold the Appeal in Abeyance - 9/14/22
- Order - 9/15/22
- Joint Status Report - 11/4/22
- Joint Status Report - 12/5/22
- Joint Status Report - 1/4/23
- Order - 7/18/23
U.S. Supreme Court - No. 21A756 [Guillen v. League of United Latin Am. Citizens]
- Emergency Application for Stay Pending Appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Request for Immediate Administrative Stay - 5/21/22
- Response in Opposition to Emergency Application for a Stay Pending Appeal or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus - 5/23/22
- Private Respondents' Joint Opposition to Emergency Application for Stay Pending Appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Request for Immediate Administrative Stay - 5/23/22
- Supplemental Memorandum Regarding Emergency Application for a Stay Pending Appeal or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus - 5/23/22
- Reply in Support of Emergency Application for Stay Pending Appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Request for Immediate Administrative Stay - 5/23/22
- Second Supplemental Memorandum Regarding Emergency Application for a Stay Pending Appeal or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus - 5/26/22
- Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Emergency Application for Stay Pending Appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit or, in the Alternative, Pending Disposition of Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Request for Immediate Administrative Stay - 5/26/22
- Order Denying Stay Application - 5/31/22
U.S. Supreme Court - No. 22-136 [Brooks v. Abbott]
- Jurisdictional Statement - 8/8/22
- Motion to Dismiss or Affirm - 10/11/22
- Brief Opposing Motion to Dismiss or Affirm - 10/20/22
- Order Dismissing Appeal - 11/21/22