City of El Cenizo v. State

• Decision Date: 08 May 2018
• Docket Number: No. 17-50762,17-50762
• Parties: CITY OF EL CENIZO, TEXAS; Raul L. Reyes, Mayor, City of El Cenizo; Tom Schmerber, County Sheriff; Mario A. Hernandez, Maverick County Constable Pct. 3-1; League of United Latin American Citizens; Maverick County, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants City of Austin, Judge Sarah Eckhardt, in her Official Capacity as Travis County Judge; Sheriff Sally Hernandez, in her Official Capacity as Travis County Sheriff; Travis County; City of Dallas, Texas; The City of Houston, Intervenors–Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants v. State of TEXAS; Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, in his Official Capacity, Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees El Paso County; Richard Wiles, Sheriff of El Paso County, in his Official Capacity; Texas Organizing Project Education Fund; Jo Anne Bernal, El Paso County Attorney in her Official Capacity; MOVE San Antonio, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners, Intervenor–Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant v. State of Texas; Greg Abbott, Governor; Ken Paxton, Attorney General; Steve McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees City of San Antonio; Bexar County, Texas ; Rey A. Saldana, in his Official Capacity as San Antonio City Councilmember; Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education; La Union Del Pueblo Entero, Incorporated; Workers Defense Project ; City of El Paso, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants City of Austin, Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellees Cross–Appellants v. State of Texas; Ken Paxton, sued in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas; Greg Abbott, sued in his Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

890 F.3d 164

CITY OF EL CENIZO, TEXAS; Raul L. Reyes, Mayor, City of El Cenizo; Tom Schmerber, County Sheriff; Mario A. Hernandez, Maverick County Constable Pct. 3-1; League of United Latin American Citizens; Maverick County, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants

City of Austin, Judge Sarah Eckhardt, in her Official Capacity as Travis County Judge; Sheriff Sally Hernandez, in her Official Capacity as Travis County Sheriff; Travis County; City of Dallas, Texas; The City of Houston, Intervenors–Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants
v.
State of TEXAS; Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, in his Official Capacity, Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees

El Paso County; Richard Wiles, Sheriff of El Paso County, in his Official Capacity; Texas Organizing Project Education Fund; Jo Anne Bernal, El Paso County Attorney in her Official Capacity; MOVE San Antonio, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants

Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners, Intervenor–Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant
v.
State of Texas; Greg Abbott, Governor; Ken Paxton, Attorney General; Steve McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees

City of San Antonio; Bexar County, Texas ; Rey A. Saldana, in his Official Capacity as San Antonio City Councilmember; Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education; La Union Del Pueblo Entero, Incorporated; Workers Defense Project ; City of El Paso, Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants

City of Austin, Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellees Cross–Appellants
v.
State of Texas; Ken Paxton, sued in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas; Greg Abbott, sued in his Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees

No. 17-50762

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 8, 2018

Nina Perales, Esq., Celina Y. Moreno, John Paul Salmon, Mexican–American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, David Wilson Dummer, Yolanda Cornejo Garcia, Esq., Cory David Szczepanik, Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Deborah Lynne Klein, City Attorney's Office for the City of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Thomas Andrew Saenz, Esq., Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Robin Eve Wechkin, Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, REY A. SALDANA.

Nina Perales, Esq., Celina Y. Moreno, John Paul Salmon, Mexican–American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Antonio, TX, Thomas Andrew Saenz, Esq., Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, LA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO, INCORPORATED, WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT.

Jose Garza, Michael Patrick Moran, Garza Golando Moran, P.L.L.C., San Antonio, TX, Jo Anne Bernal, County Attorney's Office for the County of El Paso, El Paso, TX, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant EL PASO COUNTY, RICHARD WILES.

Efren Carlos Olivares, South Texas Civil Rights Project, Alamo, TX, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant MOVE SAN ANTONIO.

Efren Carlos Olivares, South Texas Civil Rights Project, Alamo, TX, Mary B. McCord, Esq., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND.

Lee P. Gelernt, Esq., Omar C. Jadwat, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, NY, Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Esq., Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. & Associates, San Antonio, TX, Renea Hicks, Law Office of Renea Hicks, Austin, TX, Stephen B. Kang, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, CA, Edgar Saldivar, Andre Segura, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants CITY OF EL CENIZO, TEXAS, MARIO A. HERNANDEZ, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, MAVERICK COUNTY, RAUL L. REYES, TOM SCHMERBER.

Jose Garza, Michael Patrick Moran, Garza Golando Moran, P.L.L.C., San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant COUNTY ATTORNEY OF EL PASO COUNTY.

Rolando Leo Rios, I, Esq., Law Office of Rolando L. Rios, San Antonio, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC COUNTY JUDGES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Michael Siegel, Christopher Coppola, Attorney, City of Austin, Law Department, Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant CITY OF AUSTIN.

Charles S. Estee, Esq., Stacy Jordan Rodriguez, Barbara Elaine Rosenberg, Esq., City Attorney's Office for the City of Dallas, Dallas, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

Collyn Ann Peddie, Ronald Charles Lewis, City of Houston Legal Department, Houston, TX, Lonny Jacob Hoffman, Grant Bellows Martinez, Richard Paul Yetter, Yetter Coleman, L.L.P., Houston, TX, James Edward Maloney, Houston, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff–Appellee Cross–Appellant CITY OF HOUSTON.

Sherine Elizabeth Thomas, Anthony J. Nelson, Assistant County Attorneys, Laurie R. Eiserloh, Timothy Robert Labadie, County Attorney's Office for the County of Travis, Austin, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiffs–Appellees Cross–Appellants TRAVIS COUNTY, JUDGE SARAH ECKHARDT, SHERIFF SALLY HERNANDEZ.

J. Campbell Barker, Deputy Solicitor General, Scott A. Keller, Solicitor, Eric A. White, Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, Ari Cuenin, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, David J. Hacker, Office of the Attorney General, Special Litigation Division, Austin, TX, Darren Lee McCarty, Esq., David Austin Robert Nimocks, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants–Appellants Cross–Appellees STATE OF TEXAS, GREG ABBOTT, KEN PAXTON, STEVE MCCRAW.

Scott Stewart, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Erez Reuveni, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Michael Meriwether Hethmon, Senior Counsel, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae IMMIGRATION REFORM LAW INSTITUTE.

Erica Peterson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of West Virginia, Charleston, WV, Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amici Curiae STATES OF WEST VIRGINIA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, STATE OF ALABAMA, STATE OF ARKANSAS, STATE OF GEORGIA, STATE OF KANSAS, STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF MISSOURI, STATE OF OHIO, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Noah Barnett Peters, Bailey & Ehrenberg, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae REMEMBRANCE PROJECT.

Cristian Rosas–Grillet, Assistant City Attorney, Laredo, TX, for CITY OF LAREDO, TEXAS.

E. Martin Estrada, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae AMERICAN GATEWAYS, BORDER NETWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, HOPE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, JOLT TEXAS, MARTINEZ STREET WOMEN'S CENTER, MI FAMILIA VOTA, P.E.A.C.E. INITIATIVE, PROYECTO AZTECA, RITA, UNITED FORT WORTH, UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ALLIANCE.

Kavita Narayan, Lynnette Miner, Laura S. Trice, Office of the County Counsel for the County of Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, for Amicus Curiae COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA.

Donna R. Ziegler, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Curiae COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

Andre M. Davis, City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Edward N. Siskel, City Attorney's Office for the City of Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

Eleanor M. Dilkes, Iowa City, IA, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA.

Leon Fresco, Esq., Holland & Knight, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES.

Dan Satterberg, Seattle, WA, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON Amicus Curiae

Kevin D. Pagan, City Attorney's Office for the City of McAllen, McAllen, TX, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF MCALLEN, TEXAS.

Lisa Schiavo Blatt, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY.

Barbara J. Parker, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

Patrick G. O'Brien, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae TEXAS BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS.

Tracy Reeve, Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

Nicolas Chavez, Esq., Chavez & Valko, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.

Jeffrey Dana, Providence, RI, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Carlos Ramon Soltero, Cleveland Terrazas, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, John Charles Hernandez, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae ED GONZALEZ, LUPE VALDEZ.

Michael Jenkins, Jenkins & Hogin, L.L.P., Manhattan Beach, CA, for Amicus Curiae CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA.

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