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The fate of the 95 bodies unearthed from an unmarked cemetery in a Fort Bend ISD school property in Sugar Land is back under litigation.A day after the school district sought to withdraw the pending lawsuit in the court of Fort Bend County District Judge Jim Shoemake on July 25, the judge appointed a noted attorney, Scott West, as the “guardian ad litem” for the 95 bodies.West is expected to move for a temporary injunction on Tuesday, Aug. 6, preventing the school district from reburying the bodies without the court’s approval.West told this paper the school district got the court’s permission to remove the bodies and the district has to obtain the court’s permission to re-bury them.West said his obligation is to ensure that the bodies are reburied properly and the process should be done in a very open and transparent manner, with the knowledge of not only those having an interest in the remains, but that of the general public as well.The supposed agreement between the school district and Fort Bend County should also be approved by the court, according to West.A spokesperson for the school district last week clarified that “the District filed a non-suit with the District court, which essentially dismissed the lawsuit, last Thursday, July 25. While we do not yet know the implication of the court’s appointment of the ad-litem, our negotiations with the county continue. Fort Bend ISD is moving forward with plans to reinter as the negotiations with the county continue.”Fort Bend County Commissioners Court is scheduled to consider the latest offer of the school district, which excludes the originally promised cash payment of $1 million to the county, Tuesday in a closed session. With the appointment of the Guardian ad litem, the county has to deal with the court before it reaches any agreement with the school district.In the matter of “Abandoned and Unverified Historical Cemetery Located on that Certain Parcel of Land Owned by the Fort Bend Independent School District,” the school district filed the Notice 0f Non-Suit because petitioner Fort Bend Independent School District no longer sought to remove the cemetery designation from the abandoned and unverified historical cemetery located on its property.”Though the district had a right to withdraw the suit, the court has obviously found merit in sustaining the lawsuit. Hence, it appointed the guardian ad litem.On May 14, 2018, the school district filed a petition with the court seeking its permission to remove the bodies. Subsequently, the court allowed the district to exhume the bodies and also appointed a court master to ascertain the facts of the case. The school district objected to the appointment of the master and that issue is still pending.Meanwhile, Fort Bend County made a decision to intervene in the matter and offered to take over the cemetery. The county itself had no legal authority to do so and the state legislature passed special legislation enabling the county to own and operate a cemetery.The only issue settled so far is that the bodies will be re-buried at the same site where they were found, instead of relocating them in a nearby cemetery.Consequently, the school district excluded the site from its building plan, revised the design and the school is set to open later this month.Meanwhile, the district has spent millions of dollars in exhuming, analyzing and preserving the bodies and for re-designing the building. It is not known how much it would cost to reinter and build the cemetery.