Legal Opinion

Summers v. State Department of Criminal Justice

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided May 22, 2008No. 09-07-239 CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

Anthony Leon Summers, an inmate, appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his pro se petition. The trial court determined that Summers failed to comply with Chapter 14 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which applies to inmates proceeding in forma pawperis. See Tex. Civ. PRac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 14.001-14.014 (Vernon 2002). In two separate orders, the trial court dismissed all of Summers’s claims. Because we find the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Summers’s claims without prejudice, we affirm.

Summers sued eighteen…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Knight, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
  2. Clark v. Unit, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000
  3. Hall v. Treon, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
  4. Giddens v. Brooks, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
  5. Moore v. Zeller, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2004

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Mason v. Wood, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2009
  2. Calvin Hyder v. TDCJ-ID Director and Wardens of the Polunsky Unit, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2025
  3. Charles Ray Mason and James Charles Smith v. Arthur Wood, Gary Hunter, Brenda Spitaleri, Patricia Strobl and Marcial Foisie, Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2009
  4. Jim B. Estes v. Kendall T. Richerson, David R. West, Angela N. Davis, Lisa James, Sue E. Pearson, and John Doe Floor Officer, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2018
  5. Larry Joe Morgan v. Benson Varghese, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2018

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