Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Scott
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided January 5, 2000No. 09-99-362 CVPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing Robert Gordon’s pro se lawsuit against Timothy West and Robert Vela.1 Gordon is an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — -Institutional Division. West was the senior warden at the prison unit where Gordon was confined and Vela was a guard at that unit. The facts as set out in the various grievance forms submitted by Gordon as well as in his petition to the trial court indicate that, during a routine search of Gordon’s cell, Vela knocked a typewriter owned by Gordon to the floor causing it to be damaged. Gordon…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Kassen v. HatleyTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Mafrige v. RossTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Lentworth v. Trahan, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1998
- Aguilar v. Chastain, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1996
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Brewer v. Simental, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Haynes v. City of Beaumont, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
- Spurlock v. Schroedter, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Mullins v. Estelle High Security Unit, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Presiado v. Sheffield, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2007
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