Legal Opinion
Sweed v. Nye
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided August 26, 2011No. 08-07-00132-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
James Lee Sweed brings this restricted appeal complaining of the trial court’s dismissal for want of prosecution. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On August 12, 2005, Sweed filed suit against James L. Nye, District Attorney Jaime Esparza, the Office of the District Attorney, the State of Texas, and the Texas Attorney General alleging claims for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. In his petition, Sweed listed his address as 5121 Danny Drive, El Paso, Texas 79924. On August 31, 2006, he filed a…
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