Legal Action Against Property Owners Seeking Condemnation of Land

Eagle Pass Defensive Litigation

• Brief in Response to Government’s Mootness Argument (PDF, 6pp. 111KB)
• U.S. v Eagle Pass Complaint (PDF, 39pp. 1.8MB)

Other Defensive Litigation

• General Order Overruling Objections to Condemnation, Oct. 20, 2008 (PDF, 23pp. 1.8MB)
• General Order for Jury Trial, Dec. 17, 2008 (PDF, 29pp. 2.2MB)

Rivas and Muniz Defensive Litigation

• Muniz and Rivas Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (PDF, 27pp. 180KB)
• Other Pleadings (PDF, 8pp. 32KB)

Tamez Family Defensive Litigation

• Possession Order, Apr. 16, 2009 (PDF, 6pp. 438KB)
• 5th Circuit Decision, Dec. 23, 2008 (PDF, 2pp. 96KB)
• Letter from Dept of Army, Real Estate Division to Ms. Eloisa G. Tamez, December 7, 2007 (PDF, 5pp., 212KB)
• Letter from the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law to Daniel Hu and Kevin Aiman (PDF, 2pp. 125KB)
• Letter from the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law to Secretary Michael Chertoff (PDF, 3pp. 144KB)
• US v Tamez 5th Circuit Brief, August 20, 2008 (PDF, 59pp. 900KB)
• USA v. Tamez, Condemnation Complaint Schedules (PDF, 12pp. 519KB)
• USA v. Tamez, Condemnation Complaint, Jan. 29, 2008 (PDF, 3pp. 14KB)
• USA v. Tamez, Memorandum Opinion and Order, March 7, 2008 (PDF, 32pp. 550KB)
• USA v. Tamez, Order, April 10, 2008 (PDF, 4pp. 151KB)
• Tamez Litigation Interrogatories Response, Jan. 21, 2009 (PDF, 14pp. 356KB )

University of Texas at Brownsville

• Final Settlement Agreement — DHS, UTB, Aug. 5, 2008 (PDF, 15pp. 1.5MB)
• DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR RELIEF UNDER ORDER OF DISMISSAL (PDF, 58pp. 3.4MB)
• Order Dismissing Suit, Mar. 19, 2008 (PDF, 3pp. 654KB)
• Original Proposed Map (.MHT/Microsoft HTML File, 1MB)
• The Path to Settlement Between University of Texas at Brownsville and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (PDF, 4pp. 294KB)