Judge rejects Paxton bid to overturn Austin business curfew; appeal expected
A Travis County judge on Thursday rejected a bid by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block Austin and Travis County pandemic-related orders that disallow dine-in service after 10:30 a.m. over the next three nights.
"The Court finds the State has not demonstrated a probable right to the relief sought nor imminent and irreparable harm," District Judge Amy Clark Meachum wrote in a two-page letter delivered little more than an hour after a 2½-hour virtual hearing ended.
A longer ruling will be filed in the future, the judge wrote.
Officials with the attorney general's office said earlier Thursday that if unsuccessful before Meachum, they would seek immediate reversal from the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals, taking the matter to the Texas Supreme Court if necessary.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2020/12/31/judge-hear-texas-ag-bid-overturn-austin-business-curfew/4099425001/
An obvious typo in the first paragraph, it should state 10:30 p.m.