Judge Eckles, who is the executive officer of Harris County Texas, has issued this press release about the case.

For those of you that are not familiar with Texas government, the County Judge is a quasi-judicial and quasi-executive position. In Harris County the judicial function of the County Judge has pretty much atrophied, but elsewhere the sitting County Judge retains certain judicial functions including some probate matters and civil claims. There is some information about the officer here, provided by the Texas Association of Counties.