U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.
A federal appeals court late Friday ordered a judge who found the state of Texas repeatedly in contempt for its failed foster care fixes be removed from the case, signaling a possible end to the 13-year legal battle.The 3-0 decision from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that U.S.
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