A Jefferson County inmate, who has filed more than four dozen lawsuits during his tenure at the Mark Stiles Unit, lost his third appeal in two years, as Beaumont justices refused to lift sanctions against him.
A Jefferson County inmate, who has filed more than four dozen lawsuits during his tenure at the Mark Stiles Unit, saw his case against several employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the University of Texas Medical Branch dismissed by appellate justices last Thursday.
Two former Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees alleging discrimination will collect nothing from their past employer as jurors found in TDCJ's favor on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
John Morgan A retired Texas Department of Criminal Justice director testified this week that it was his "solution" to transfer former employee Bonnie Young rather than independently investigate her numerous claims against fellow TDCJ employees.
Morgan The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is on trial this week for allegedly discriminating against a pair of past employees, who allege TDCJ supervisors retaliated against them for "blowing the whistle" on illegal activities.
A Jefferson County woman claiming the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has failed to fully compensate her is suing the department for more than two years' back pay.
Following four defeats, an inmate's hopes of keeping his fifth lawsuit alive against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice were crushed on Dec. 18, when justices on Texas' Ninth Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling dismissing his suit.
Justice Hollis Horton Claiming she was threatened with termination if she disciplined a black subordinate, Bonnie Young, a white woman, felt her supervisor was purposely putting her between a rock and hard place so she could eventually be replaced by an African American.
Inmate Anthony Leon Summers' brief legal pursuit against Texas' attorney general ended June 26, as Beaumont justices affirmed a trial court's ruling that his suit -- alleging murder conspiracy -- is frivolous.
An inmate's appeal to reinstate a "frivolous" lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was denied by justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals on Thursday, Nov. 8. Prisoner Cedric Nickerson claims 34 TDCJ employees were bullying him and other inmates.