Motion To Stay Pending Appeal for M.D. v. Texas

This document is a motion filed on January 19, 2018, by the Texas Office of the Attorney General. The state requested a temporary stay from complying with a court order issued the same day in <em>M.D. v. Texas</em>, a class-action lawsuit filed by children in long-term foster care. In December 2015, the court ruled that the state's foster care system was so unsafe that it violated children's rights. In the January 19, 2018, ruling, the court ordered the state to overhaul the foster care system. The state was granted . . .