The Office of the Attorney General filed the Notice of Accelerated Interlocutory Appeal directly to the Texas Supreme Court under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 6.001(b) and Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.1(b).
The appeal seeks to overturn the district court ruling that would have limited enforcement of Texas's abortion law.
The use of an accelerated interlocutory appeal allows the Attorney General to bypass the intermediate court of appeals and seek immediate review from the Texas Supreme Court.
The underlying case involves a challenge to Texas's abortion restrictions, though the press release does not detail the specific nature of the district court's ruling.
The Attorney General's office is seeking to preserve the state's current abortion law framework by appealing the decision directly to the state's highest court.
The Texas Supreme Court will now decide whether to grant the accelerated appeal and ultimately whether to uphold or overturn the district court's ruling.