City of El Cenizo, Texas, et al v. State of Texas

Filing 79

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by Judge Sarah Eckhardt, Sheriff Sally Hernandez, Travis County. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(rf)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
CITY OF EL CENIZO, TEXAS, ET AL.
PLAINTIFFS,
TRAVIS COUNTY,
TRAVIS COUNTY JUDGE SARAH
ECKHARDT, AND
TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF
SALLY HERNANDEZ
PLAINTIFF-INTERVENORS,
V.
STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL.
DEFENDANTS.

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PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR-TRAVIS COUNTY’S
APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Plaintiff-Intervenors, Travis County, Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez (in her
official capacity) and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt (in her official capacity) (Hereafter
“Travis County Plaintiff Intervenors”) hereby join the Application for Preliminary Injunction
filed in this cause by Plaintiffs City of El Cenizo, et al., and adopt by reference Plaintiffs’
declarations and Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Application for Preliminary Injunction.
[DKT 24].
Travis County Plaintiff-Intervenors offer the additional declaration of Travis County
Sheriff Sally Hernandez, attached hereto as Ex. 1, to support Travis County Plaintiff Intervenors
Application for Preliminary Injunction. Sheriff Hernandez has provided information about the
particular harm she has suffered and her perspective as a target of the State’s legislation, SB 4.

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EXHIBIT A

(See attached Declaration. Ex. 1). In her Declaration, Sheriff Hernandez addresses numerous
issues related to SB 4 including the effect of SB 4’s detainer provision on the Travis County Jail.
As set forth in the Memorandum, [DKT 24] Plaintiffs have established that they and
Travis County Plaintiff-Intervenors are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that SB 4
violates the Constitution; that Plaintiffs and Travis County Plaintiff-Intervenors, will suffer
irreparable harm if the Court does not enjoin SB 4; that the Defendants will suffer no harm if the
Court preserves the status quo pending adjudication of this matter on the merits; that the balance
of hardships tips strongly in favor of Plaintiffs and Travis County Plaintiff-Intervenors and that a
preliminary injunction in this case advances the public interest.
So as to not to delay the proceeding, for these reasons, and the reasons detailed in
Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Application for Preliminary Injunction, Travis
County Plaintiff-Intervenors respectfully request that the Court grant the Plaintiff Intervenors
Travis County, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Travis County Sheriff Hernandez’s
Application for Preliminary Injunction.
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EXHIBIT A

Dated: June __, 2017

Respectfully Submitted,
DAVID A. ESCAMILLA
TRAVIS COUNTY ATTORNEY
P. O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
[phone]
[phone] FAX

By:
/s/ Sherine E. Thomas
Sherine E. Thomas
Assistant County Attorney
State Bar No. 00794734
[e-mail]
Sharon K. Talley
Assistant County Attorney
State Bar No. 19627575
[e-mail]
Anthony J. Nelson
Assistant County Attorney
State Bar No. 14885800
[e-mail]
Laurie R. Eiserloh
Assistant County Attorney
State Bar No. 06506270
[e-mail]
Tim Labadie
Assistant County Attorney
State Bar No. 11784853
[e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY
PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on June, 12, 2017, the foregoing Opposed Motion to Intervene was
served on the following attorneys of record in the manner stated, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b):
ATTORNEYS FOR THE
EL CENIZO PLAINTIFFS:
Via CM/ECF
Luis Roberto Vera, Jr.
LULAC National General Counsel
SBN: 20546740
THE LAW OFFICE OF LUIS ROBERTO
VERA, JR. & ASSOCIATES
1325 Riverview Towers
111 Soledad
San Antonio, TX 78205-2260
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Edgar Saldivar
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
FOUNDATION OF TEXAS
1500 McGowen Street, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77004
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]
Via CM/ECF
Cody H. Wofsy
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
FOUNDATION
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Max Renea Hicks
LAW OFFICE OF MAX RENEA HICKS
P.O. Box 303187
Austin, TX 78703
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]

ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF
SAN ANTONIO PLAINTIFFS:

Via CM/ECF
Lee Gelernt
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
FOUNDATION
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY10004
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Via CM/ECF
Deborah Lynne Klein
Office of the City Attorney, Litigation
Division
Frost Bank Tower
100 West Houston Street, 18th Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205-3966
[e-mail]

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EXHIBIT A

ATTORNEYS FOR MALDEF:

ATTORNEYS FOR THE
CITY OF AUSTIN:

Via CM/ECF
Nina Perales
[e-mail]
Marisa Bono
[e-mail]
Celina Y. Moreno
[e-mail]
MALDEF
110 Broadway Street #300
San Antonio, TX 78205

Via EM/ECF
Michael Siegel
[e-mail]
Christopher Coppola
[e-mail]
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS
City of Austin-Law Department
P.O. Box 1546
Austin, Texas 78767-1546

ATTORNEYS FOR THE
EL PASO COUNTY PLAINTIFFS:
Via CM/ECF
Jose Garza
Michael Moran
GARZA GOLANDO MORAN, PLLC
115 E. Travis St., Ste. 1235
San Antonio, Texas 78205
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Mimi Marziani
Texas Civil Rights Project
1405 Montopolis Dr.
Austin, TX 78741
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Jo Anne Bernal
El Paso County Attorney
500 E. San Antonio
5th Floor, Suite 503
El Paso, TX 79901
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Efrén C. Olivares
[e-mail]
Texas Civil Rights Project
1017 W. Hackberry Ave.
Alamo, TX 78516

ATTORNEYS FOR THE
DEFENDANTS:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Andrew Drake Leonie, III
David Jonathan Hacker
David Austin Robert Nimocks
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
209 W. 14th Street, 8th Floor
Austin, TX 78701
[e-mail]

Via CM/ECF
Darren L. McCarty
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
240 W. 14th Street, 7th Floor
Austin, TX 78701
[e-mail]

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EXHIBIT A

Via CM/ECF
Joel Stonedale
[e-mail]
Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548, Mail Code 009
Austin, TX 78711
And I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been sent by other
means, on the 12th day of June, 2017, to the following:
Andre I. Segura
[e-mail]
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

Spencer Amdur
[e-mail]
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

Andrea E. Senteno
Law Office of Andrea E. Senteno
1016 16th Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036

Tanya G. Pellegrini
[e-mail]
Law Office of Tanya G. Pellegrini
1512 14th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Cecillia D. Wang
Stephen Kang*
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
*Admission Pro Hac Vice pending

Thomas A. Saenz
[e-mail]
Andrea Senteno
[e-mail]
110 Broadway, Ste. 300
San Antonio, TX 78205
Martin Golando
[e-mail]
GARZA GOLANDO MORAN, PLLC
115 E. Travis St., Ste. 1235
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Omar C. Jadwat
[e-mail]
American Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004

Sherine E. Thomas
Assistant County Attorney

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EXHIBIT A