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Court Documents

State

Pleadings (Complaints, Indictments)

Probable Cause Affidavit for 9 initial defendants: Batten, Evetts, Gibson, Hill, Morris, Rueda, Sikes, Soto, and Soto

Dario Sanchez Indictment 1

Dario Sanchez Indictment 2

Dario Sanchez Indictment 3

Janette Goering Johnson County Indictment

Lucy Fowlkes Johnson County Indictment

Lucy Fowlkes criminal complaint

Rebecca Morgan criminal complaint

Susan Kent criminal complaint

Dario Sanchez criminal complaint

Andrew Smith DCF202600302 Johnson County Indictment

Melanie Estes DCF202600230 Johnson County Indictment

Steven Reyna DCF202600294 Johnson County Indictment

Motions, Writs, and Court Orders

Dario Sanchez

Janette Goering

Lucy Fowlkes

Federal

Pleadings (Complaints, Indictments)

Criminal complaint: Arnold, Batten, Baumann, Evetts, Gibson, Morris, Rueda, Sikes, E. Soto, I. Soto
gov.uscourts.txnd.411041.1.0
Criminal complaint: Sanchez-Estrada
gov.uscourts.txnd.406323.1.0
Criminal complaint: Song
gov.uscourts.txnd.406489.1.0_4
Criminal complaint: Thomas, Sharp
gov.uscourts.txnd.411810.1.0
First Indictment (Arnold, Evetts)
Superseding Indictment (Arnold, Evetts, Song, Batten, Morris, Rueda, E. Soto, I. Soto, Sanchez-Estrada)
Second Superseding Indictment (Arnold, Evetts, Song, Batten, Morris, Rueda, E. Soto, I. Soto, Sanchez-Estrada)

Motions, Writs, and Court Orders

Evetts Motion For Discovery and Inspection of Evidence
Hill – Motion to exclude Morris’ Testimony
ECF 243 – Order to set dates for Motion Hearings
ECF 265 – Order as to Arnold et al Setting Time Limits on Trial Matters
ECF 301 – Motion to Amend Pretrial Order Limiting Time For Opening Statements and Closing Arguments (ECF 265)
ECF 308 – Order as to Arnold et al Sets Trial to Begin Monday, February 23rd 2026
ECF 310 – Proceedings Order
ECF 333 – USA Motion to Preclude Legally Invalid Defense
ECF 334 – Brief in Support of USA Motion To Preclude Legally Invalid Defense
Autumn Hill – Rule 29 & 33
Ben Song – Rule 29
Ben Song – Rule 33
Daniel Sanchez – Rule 29 & 33
Elizabeth Soto – Rule 29
Elizabeth Soto – Rule 33
Ines Soto – Rule 29 & 33
Mari Rueda – Rule 29 & 33
Meagan Morris – Rule 29 & 33
Savanna Batten – Rule 29 & 33
Zach Evetts – Rule 29 & 33

Docket Links

US v. Arnold, et. al. 4:25-cr-00259-P: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71664415/united-states-v-arnold/

US v. Arnold, et al. 4:25-mj-00452 (case merged into 4:25-cr-00259-P on 11/13/25): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70726200/united-states-v-arnold/

US v. Song, 4:25-mj-00468 (case merged into 4:25-cr-00259-P on 11/13/25): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70744577/united-states-v-song/

US v. Sanchez 4:25-mj-00451 (case now merged into 4:25-cr-00259-P): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70727104/united-states-v-sanchez-estrada/