Judge halts Texas city's rental ban ordinance { Farmers Branch }

AP via SFGate ^ | 9/12/8

[SmithL]

DALLAS (AP) -- A federal judge has stopped a Dallas suburb's latest attempt to prevent illegal immigrants from renting housing in the community.

Federal Judge Jane Boyle on Friday granted a temporary restraining order stopping Farmers Branch from enforcing a ban on home rentals to those who can't prove they live legally in the country. The ordinance was set to go into effect Saturday.

[SmithL]

Boyle, Jane J.

Born 1954 in Sharon, PA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Nominated by George W. Bush on November 24, 2003, to a seat vacated by Jerry L. Buchmeyer; Confirmed by the Senate on June 17, 2004, and received commission on June 29, 2004.

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1990-2002

Education:
University of Texas, B.S., 1977

Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D., 1981

Professional Career:
Misdemeanor and felony prosecutor, Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Texas, 1981-1985
Chief felony prosecutor, Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Texas, 1985-1987
Assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, 1987-1990
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 2002-2004

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Female

[snowrip]

Nominated by George W. Bush

That's all I needed to know.

[imahawk]

Not surprised.

[fwdude]

This makes the second or third time this ordinance was stayed, right?

I don’t know what reasoning the judges use.

[freekitty]

Let’s invite these judges to spend this weekend in Galveston.

[ViLaLuz]

Ugh. That boil needs lancing.

[PeterFinn]

Let me get this straight: a Federal judge ruled that people who have no right to live in the USA have a right to live in the USA?

[sarasmom]

I'll go you one better.
What the “judge” essentially said was the landlord has no right to choose “not to rent” to someone who is verifiably not legally in this country.

[Kimberly GG]

You’re both correct. Wouldn’t want to do anything to inconvenience or offend the illegals. They just might ‘take their marbles and go home’ if they are forced to obey our laws.