Collin County Judge Blocks Utility District Tied to Controversial Islamic Development

A Collin County judge froze nearly all operations of the Double R Municipal Utility District No. 2A of Hunt and Collin Counties on March 19, halting a board meeting planned for the following day and escalating a legal fight over a proposed Muslim-oriented housing development connected to the East Plano Islamic Center.

The temporary restraining order, issued by Collin County's 493rd Judicial District Court, bars five named board members from directing district activities, accepting or appointing new directors, and acting on virtually any agenda item that had been set for the March 20 meeting. The only actions the order permits are those tied directly to ongoing litigation.

The five defendants named in the order are Yaneli Molina, Hatim Mahmoud Yusuf, Nadeem Ashraf Khan, Asim Hussain Khan, and Faisal Abbas. All five are accused of violating portions of the Texas Water Code. The order states they did not own taxable property within Double R MUD's geographic boundaries before a September 12, 2025 annexation of new lands into the district.

The TRO follows a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who alleges the board orchestrated a takeover of the dormant utility district rather than forming a new one, with the specific purpose of providing water and wastewater services to the development formerly known as EPIC City and now branded "The Meadow." Paxton's office accused the board of helping developers circumvent the state's standard application process for creating a new utility district, calling the actions "highly unusual."

According to the AG's complaint, the MUD had been inactive until September 2025, when developers allegedly engineered the takeover of the existing district rather than pursuing the standard regulatory path to establish a new one. Double R MUD had approved a petition to provide water and waste management services to the project's developers before the state stepped in.

The Meadow is proposed as a housing development that would include a mosque, a religious school, and additional facilities, with a reported connection to the East Plano Islamic Center. Paxton has also urged Collin County officials to reject the project outright, citing the lawsuit's claims that land was annexed illegally to avoid state oversight.

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for March 30. Without further court action, the restraining order could expire April 1, though those dates, drawn from aggregated reports, require confirmation in the 493rd District Court's docket. No public response from the named board members or their counsel had been reported as of Friday. The AG's office and the East Plano Islamic Center had not issued detailed public statements beyond what is reflected in the court filings.