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Case: 24-50149      Document: 121-1         Page: 1   Date Filed: 03/19/2024

        United States Court of Appeals
             for the Fifth Circuit
                              ___________                      United States Court of Appeals
                                                                        Fifth Circuit

                               No. 24-50149
                                                                      FILED
                                                                March 19, 2024
                              ___________
                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                             Clerk

                                                          Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                   versus

State of Texas; Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of
Texas; Texas Department of Public Safety; Steven C.
McCraw, in his official capacity as Director of Texas Department of Public
Safety,

                                                      Defendants—Appellants,

____________________________

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center; American
Gateways; County of El Paso, Texas,

                                                         Plaintiffs—Appellees,

                                   versus

Steven C. McCraw, in his official capacity as Director of the State of
Texas Department of Public Safety; Bill D. Hicks, in his official capacity
as District Attorney for the 34th District,

                                                      Defendants—Appellants.
Case: 24-50149      Document: 121-1      Page: 2     Date Filed: 03/19/2024

                                No. 24-50149

               ______________________________

               Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Western District of Texas
                          USDC No. 1:24-CV-8
                         USDC No. 1:23-CV-1537
               ______________________________

Before Richman, Chief Judge, Oldham, and Ramirez, Circuit
Judges.
Per Curiam:
       Oral argument is scheduled on March 20, 2024, to consider the
Appellants’ Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal. A
majority of the panel has concluded that the administrative stay entered by a
motions panel on March 2, 2024, should be lifted. Accordingly,
       IT IS ORDERED that the administrative stay of this appeal previously
entered by a motions panel on March 2, 2024, is DISSOLVED.

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Case: 24-50149       Document: 121-1      Page: 3    Date Filed: 03/19/2024

                                 No. 24-50149

Andrew S. Oldham, Circuit Judge, dissenting:
       A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy that alters the
status quo. See Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 24 (2008);
Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 429 (2009). A stay preserves the status quo
while an appellate court reviews the lawfulness of that alteration. Nken, 556
U.S. at 429. Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States restored
an administrative stay so our panel could review the State’s request for
emergency relief under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 8. See United
States v. Texas, No. 23A814 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2024) (Mem.). I would leave that
stay in place pending tomorrow’s oral argument on the question.

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