Graves v. Texas Department of Corrections Employees

OPINION

PRICE, Justice 1.

This is an appeal from the trial judge’s dismissal of appellant’s lawsuit. W.L. Graves is a prisoner in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (formally referred to as the Texas Department Corrections, hereinafter referred to as TDC). He filed suit, pro se, claiming violations of his civil rights as an inmate. The trial court, without a motion or a hearing, pursuant to Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 13.001 (Vernon Supp. 1992), dismissed appellant’s lawsuit with prejudice. Appellee does not respond to this appeal.

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