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• Inmate says he was denied surgery for 'life-threatening' hernia, files lawsuit

  By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau | Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 @ 3:39pm

  GALVESTON - A Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate is pursuing legal action after his request to undergo a medical procedure he claims was necessary was denied, recent court documents say. 

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