Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Collins
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided July 1, 1993No. 01-92-00652-CVPublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MIRABAL, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s suit, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim against the defendant. We reverse and remand.
Appellant, Dan Thomas, a state prison inmate, filed a pro se in forma pauperis suit on April 11, 1991, against James A. Collins, the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. Appellant alleged he had been held in administrative segregation since May 1, 1985, “because Plaintiff refuses to stop litigation against the Defendant [and] his staff by filing institutional grievances and 1983…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Procunier v. NavaretteSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hudson v. WakefieldTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Gary Baskin and Beulah Baskin v. Eugene Parker and Curtis L. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Brewer v. Simental, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Haynes v. City of Beaumont, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2000
- Hallmark v. Hand, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1994
- Spurlock v. Schroedter, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
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