US EditionTexas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules
TEXAS, AUG 5 – The 15th Court of Appeals upheld a ruling protecting Catholic Charities from deposition amid investigations into migrant aid groups ordered by Governor Abbott.
- In Texas’s appellate courts, a 2-1 panel of the 15th Court of Appeals denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to depose Sister Norma Pimentel, reaffirming last year's ruling.
- As part of statewide migrant aid probes, Paxton’s office requested a sworn statement and questioning access in March 2024, following Gov. Greg Abbott’s December 2022 directive.
- Highlighting procedural safeguards, the 11-page ruling said the attorney general’s office must prove deposition benefits outweigh burdens, after Catholic Charities supplied more than 100 pages of documents and a sworn statement from Pimentel.
- The case joins several state inquiries into migrant aid groups, and Paxton’s investigators have asked a judge to question the charity’s leadership.
- Under Texas law, a July 2024 denial by a state judge in Hidalgo County highlights the high thresholds for future depositions of Catholic Charities leadership.
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Texas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules
A Texas appeals court this week denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office’s request to question a nun who leads Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, one of the state’s largest migrant aid organizations.
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