Karen Spease and Craig Spease v. the Honorable Kathleen Olivares, Judge of the 205th District Court of El Paso County, Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Karen Spease and Craig Spease, Appellants, filed suit against several defendants, including the Honorable Kathleen Oli-vares, Judge of the 205th District Court of El Paso County, Texas. This civil suit arises out of Appellants’ detention at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint by federal agents, their later indictment on State charges for possession of marijuana, and the eventual dismissal of those charges in a case or cases pending before Judge Oli-vares. In this appeal, we review the trial court’s decision to grant a plea to the jurisdiction with regard to…
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