Bell v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division

OPINION

AMIDEI, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order dismissing Joseph Bell’s suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice— Institutional Division and several of its employees (collectively “the Department”). Joseph Bell (“Bell”), an inmate, filed suit against the Department alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Department filed a motion to dismiss the suit pursuant to section 14.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The trial court granted the motion. We affirm.

In his second amended petition, Bell claimed that in May of 1996, a correctional…