AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has commended the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for ruling in favor of the COVID-19 protective measures implemented by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for ordering a stay that blocks a lower court order sharply limiting state officials’ ability to respond to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic in Texas prisons and across the State.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to stay with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the court to block a lower court’s order that prioritized the demands of prison inmates over the safety of medical professionals.
HOUSTON – The Texas 1st District Court of Appeals upheld a trial court's ruling denying the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s plea for personal jurisdiction in an inmate’s suit alleging negligence and excessive force against a prison guard and the TDCJ.
BEAUMONT – The Court of Appeals for the 9th District of Texas at Beaumont panel of judges has reversed an 88th District Court’s decision that favored a Texas inmate injured in prison.
GALVESTON – Houston attorney Tanika J. Solomon has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of people aboard a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison bus that was reportedly involved in an accident in Galveston two years ago, recent Galveston County District Court records indicate.
BEAUMONT – Texas’ 9th District Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court order granting summary judgment to the Texas State Office of Risk Management in a workers’ compensation claim case.
A South Carolina man alleges that he lost his job with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice because he had “heat-related disabilities” and has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Beaumont federal court.
Joseph Turano has non-suited Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Alphonso James from his suit claiming he was demoted after cooperating with an investigation against the warden.
HOUSTON - A Houston woman who works for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has filed suit on grounds she is the target of racial discrimination in the workplace, recent court documents say.
TYLER - A 72-year-old woman has sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice claiming she was terminated after 19 years of employment because she failed an agility test.
GALVESTON - A Brazos County woman is suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice over a two-vehicle accident which occurred in Galveston almost two years ago.
For a quarter of a century, Joseph Turano worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. After cooperating with an investigation against Warden Alphonso James, Turano claims he was demoted despite an exemplary employment record.
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.
GALVESTON - A paralyzed inmate with Texas Department of Criminal Justice alleges his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act have been violated since he was first incarcerated.
GALVESTON - Claiming Amoco Federal Credit Union wrongfully repossessed his vehicle, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice System has filed a lawsuit.
An inmate's appeal to reinstate a "frivolous" lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was recently denied by justices on the Ninth Court of Appeals.
GALVESTON � A Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate claims he is not being served meals prepared in accordance to his religion's laws, recent court documents say.
