Legal Opinion
Gowan v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided February 7, 2003No. 06-02-00126-CVPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice ROSS.
Micheál 1 Gowan appeals the dismissal of his civil suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and some of its employees (collectively, TDCJ). Gowan, an inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, sued TDCJ alleging it lost some of his property in the course of moving him from one facility to another and retaliated against him for pursuing administrative and other remedies. TDCJ filed a motion to dismiss Gowan’s suit because he failed to file a proper affidavit of previous filings as required by Tex. Civ. PRac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 14.004 (Vernon…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Hickson v. Moya, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
- Bell v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
- Hickman v. Adams, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
- Thomas v. Knight, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- Light v. Womack, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2003
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