Southern District of Texas
98 articles from this court
Texas Judge Orders ICE To Provide Updates On 'Prolonged' Detention
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to provide status updates on administrative proceedings for a detainee challenging prolonged detention,...
Texas Judge Orders $6K Restitution In Child Exploitation Case
A Texas federal judge ordered convicted defendant Clinton Harnden to pay $6,000 in restitution to two victims of child exploitation crimes Tuesday, while declining to award dama...
Texas Judge Orders 'Immediate Release' Of Guatemalan In Immigration Custody
A Texas federal judge on Sunday ordered the immediate release of a Guatemalan man held in immigration detention for over three months, finding that prolonged mandatory detention...
Texas Judge Orders Anadarko Securities Plaintiffs to Submit Schedule
A Texas federal judge on Thursday ordered parties in consolidated securities litigation against Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to submit a proposed scheduling order after the de...
Texas Judge Orders Feds To Respond To Emergency TRO In Immigration Case
A Texas federal judge ordered government officials to respond within 14 days to an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order filed by an immigration petitioner, directi...
Texas Judge Orders Feds To Respond To Detainee's TRO Bid
A Texas federal judge on Monday ordered immigration officials to respond within 14 days to a detained immigrant's motion for emergency relief, directing the clerk to notify the...
Texas Judge Orders Warden to 'Show Cause' in Immigration Detainee Habeas Case
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered the warden of the Port Isabel Detention Center to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted to an immigrati...
Texas Judge Orders DHS To Respond To Immigrant's Habeas Challenge
A Texas federal judge on Monday ordered the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies to respond within a week to an immigrant's habeas corpus petition challeng...
Texas Federal Judge Nixes Immigrant's Habeas Bid, Cites 'Applicant For Admission' Rule
A Texas federal judge on Monday denied a habeas corpus petition from a Mexican national challenging his immigration detention, ruling that anyone present in the U.S. without leg...
Texas Judge Dismisses Criminal Case, Orders 'Material Witnesses' Released
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against Claudia Lorena Arroyo and ordered the release of two material witnesses who had been held in cu...
Texas Federal Judge Dismisses Immigration Detainee's Remaining Habeas Claims
A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed the remaining habeas corpus claims brought by immigration detainee Martha De la Mercedes Leon-Mora after she failed to respond within t...