Legal Opinion
Veasey v. Abbott
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 3, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:13-CV-193PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
NELVA GONZALES RAMOS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
ORDER ON GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DISCRIMINATORY PURPOSE CLAIM AND ASSERTION OF MOOTNESS
Before the Court is “United States’s Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Discriminatory Purpose Claim Without Prejudice” (D.E. 1001). ¡ Defendants have not asserted any objection to the relief sought in the motion and the “Private Plaintiffs take no position” on it. D,E. 1010, p. 5. However, the Government’s stated reasoning for its dismissal, at least in part, is that (1) the discriminatory purpose claim is moot due to pending. Texas…
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