HOUSTON — A woman claims she faced unlawful prosecution and was wrongfully banned from Houston toll roads by the Harris County Toll Road Authority.
Thien An Vo filed a pro se complaint May 10 in Harris County District Court against Harris County Toll Road Authority and its administrative hearing alleging violation of state laws and state penal code.
According to her complaint, Vo was an independent contractor who drove passengers for fares in the City of Houston. She alleges that in 2016 and 2017, the defendants cited and prosecuted her for failure to pay 15 toll passages despite her EZ-Tag account being active with available funds and her credit card filed with the account being "active with funds available."
Vo claims the alleged toll violations were a result of the defendant's electronic equipment failure at its toll booths. She further claims regular withdrawals were made from her credit card to the EZ-Tag account and that all notices about her alleged failure to pay the tolls were sent to the wrong address. Vo also alleges she faced unlawful prosecution and "unnecessary and abusive litigation" including being banned from using the toll roads and turn pikes which resulted in loss of business revenue.
Vo seeks monetary relief of more than $200,000, trial by jury and all other just relief.
Harris County District Court case number 2021-28053