A North Texas judge has temporarily blocked efforts tied to a planned Muslim-centric real estate project.
Collin County’s 493rd Judicial District issued a temporary restraining order against the Double R Municipal Utility District No. 2A of Hunt and Collin Counties as well as members of its board on Thursday.
The order prevents the district from taking further action after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the group of attempting to “evade state oversight and support the illegal East Plano Islamic Center (’EPIC’) real estate development” through improper appointments and unlawful expansion of the district.
Thursday’s ruling comes a day before the utility district’s new board was set to meet. Paxton said in a statement that the board may have taken action at the meeting that “further[ed] the scheme.”
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The project, now called The Meadow, is being developed by Community Capital Partners. The firm stated in county filings that the utility district would provide sewer services needed for the development to be built.
Municipal utility districts are authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support infrastructure such as water, sanitary sewer, drainage and flood control for planned residential developments within a certain area.
Developers front the cost, and the district issues bonds to repay the developer for the investment. Districts raise revenue through ad valorem taxes on properties within the district to repay bonds, cover maintenance and other related costs.
Community Capital Partners had not yet received the necessary permission from the state environmental commission to begin construction, and Paxton accused the developer of attempting to skirt state oversight by improperly expanding the district.
Paxton alleged that original board members of the Double R district resigned in favor of new directors during a September 2025 meeting. The new members then annexed roughly 400 acres where The Meadow would be built.
The lawsuit alleged that new board members didn’t meet state qualifications to serve, meaning they lacked the authority to expand the district’s boundaries.
Paxton’s office is contesting the district’s boundaries and wants the land tied to The Meadow development removed.
The developer and its attorney Eric Hudson have previously pushed back against the lawsuit.
The group said the district process was not improvised and issues raised in the lawsuit will be resolved on the record.
A hearing on a temporary injunction requested by the state is scheduled for later this month.
Paxton has filed two lawsuits related to the project, and Gov. Greg Abbott has directed multiple state agencies to investigate EPIC and its affiliated entities. Abbott said in a December social media post that four agencies continue to investigate the planned development.
Work on The Meadow has not begun.
The development is expected to feature more than 1,000 homes, a K-12 faith-based school, a mosque, elderly and assisted living, apartments, clinics, retail shops, a community college and sports fields on 402 acres in Collin and Hunt counties, roughly 40 miles northeast of downtown Dallas.
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