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El Paso County Joins Local Governments From Across The Country To Support The City Of Chicago’s Bid To Preserve Local Control Over Law Enforcement Policy

Local Government Amicus Brief Challenges Unconstitutional Federal Grant Conditions On Thursday August 31, 2017, El Paso County joined 36 cities, counties, and municipal agencies across the nation, along with other organizations, in filing an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief with the United...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 08-30-2017
El Paso County Files Lawsuit To Block Implementation Of Anti-Immigrant Texas Senate Bill 4

Complaint alleges SB4 is unconstitutional and will greatly harm El Paso County residents On Monday May 22, 2017, El Paso County filed a civil lawsuit against the State of Texas, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw alleging SB4 violates the...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 05-23-2017
Three El Paso-area Bars Shut Down Permanently as a Result of Law Enforcement Operations by TABC and the El Paso County Attorney’s Office

“Operation Three Thorns” results in 59 felony charges EL PASO - Three central El Paso bars with confirmed association to the violent Barrio Azteca gang shut their doors permanently today after surrendering their TABC licenses as part of a pre-trial settlement entered last week in the 327 th District...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 05-18-2015
El Paso County Sues Banks Associated With National Real Estate Registry Known As “MERS”

Suit alleges defendants unlawfully avoided payment of millions of dollars in recording fees El Paso County, along with nine other Texas counties, has filed a lawsuit against national financial institutions associated with Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation commonly known as...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 08-13-2012
El Paso County Receives 2.7 Million Reimbursement From The Department Of Justice

Funds will help lessen impact of state budget cuts El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar today announced that the Department of Justice has reimbursed $2.7 million in expenditures the County of El Paso incurred while prosecuting and incarcerating federally referred offenders during FY 2008 and 2009....

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 05-25-2011
Texas Attorney General Declines To Issue Opinion To Clarify Same-Sex Marriage Controversy In El Paso

El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal today announced that the Office of the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has formally declined to issue a legal opinion regarding the granting of marriage licenses to individuals who have undergone sex change operations. On April 19, 2010 El Paso County Attorney's...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 08-09-2010
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Challenged Constitutionality Of The County’s Ethics Legislation

El Paso County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal today announced that a Federal District Judge has dismissed a legal challenge filed by a local civil rights activist against the El Paso County's Ethics Legislation approved by the Texas Legislature last year. On September 28, 2009, El Paso activist Carl Starr...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 08-09-2010
El Paso County Attorney and Texas Attorney General take Action to Halt El Paso County Colonia Development

Developers illegally subdivided residential lots lacking water, sewage facilities AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged the developers of the Galindo Subdivision in western El Paso County with violating state colonia-prevention laws. According to court documents filed in Travis County district...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 12-01-2009
US Supreme Court Denies Appeal of the Border Fence Lawsuit Filed By El Paso County

County Attorney José R. Rodríguez announced today that he was notified this morning that El Paso County's appeal to the United States Supreme Court in its border fence case against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was denied. El Paso County Attorney expressed his disappointment with the decision...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 06-15-2009
County Judge Withdraws Lawsuit Against El Paso County

El Paso County Attorney José R. Rodríguez announced today that County Judge Anthony Cobos has dropped the lawsuit he filed against the County of El Paso seeking to stop the El Paso County Board of Ethics from investigating an ethics complaint filed against him. On Monday June 8, 2009, visiting Judge...

Posted to County Attorney Press Releases (Weblog) by edominguez on 06-12-2009

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