Eric Gomez v. City of Austin

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ERIC GOMEZ, § No. 08-19-00250-CV Appellant, § Appeal from the v. § 53rd District Court CITY OF AUSTIN, § of Travis County, Texas Appellee. § (TC# D-1-GN-16-002710) OPINION Appellant, Eric Gomez, appeals the trial court’s decision overruling his Batson 1 challenge on a peremptory strike exercised by Appellee, City of Austin, at trial. 2 Appellant sued for discrimination based on ethnicity and national origin after Appellee terminated his employment. During voir dire, Appellant objected to Appellee’s use of a peremptory strike against one…