The process of getting a courthouse is complex. First you have to get on a list, because the federal government doesn't build 400 courthouses all at the same time. We got on a list a long time ago through Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth's leadership. But then the federal government froze construction. I don't know when the freeze is going to lift.
Some people talk about building an annex rather than a full new courthouse.
But that won't work. El Paso needs a really big courthouse because it has a really big docket. So far it's been approved by the 5th Circuit. Now it's waiting approval from our administrative office, then Congress. My target would be in about the next seven years.