A Texas appeals court on Nov. 12 issued a temporary emergency order effectively halting El Paso County’s shutdown of non-essential businesses that was scheduled to last until Dec. 1 in an effort to slow the spread of CCP virus, also known as coronavirus.
The request to the Eighth Court of Appeals was filed by state Attorney General Ken Paxton and a group of ten El Paso restaurant companies, who sought to strike down portions of El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego’s lockdown orders issued on Oct. 29.
