Mason v. Wood

OPINION

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.

Charles Ray Mason filed a lawsuit against five employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Arthur Wood, Gary Hunter, Brenda Spitaleri, Patricia Strobl, and Marcial Foisie, Jr., filed an answer and motion to dismiss the case as frivolous inmate litigation. James Charles Smith filed a motion in which he requested leave to intervene as an aggrieved party. In separate orders, the trial court dismissed Mason’s claims with prejudice and dismissed Smith’s claims without prejudice. In a consolidated brief, Mason and Smith raise eight issues that we…