Court Filings

The Texas Court of Appeals (Third District) denied the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' petition for a writ of mandamus and dismissed its motion for temporary emergency relief as moot. The court issued a short memorandum opinion resolving the original mandamus proceeding from Travis County without further opinion. The denial means the appellate court declined to order the lower court or official to take the specific action the Department sought; the emergency motion was unnecessary following that disposition.

The Ohio Supreme Court denied a mandamus petition by Jocelyn Rosnick (ACLU of Ohio) seeking contracts and related documents the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office allegedly executed with DHS, ICE, or the U.S. Marshals Service between June 1, 2024 and March 3, 2025. The sheriff’s office initially cited federal-law restrictions for denial but later submitted a records-clerk affidavit stating it did not execute any such contracts during that period. Because Rosnick failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that responsive records exist and were withheld, the court denied the writ and denied statutory damages, attorney fees, and costs. A motion to file late rebuttal evidence was also denied as untimely.