Legal Opinion
William Carl Wooley v. Randy Schaffer
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 14, 2014No. 14-13-00385-CVPublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAJORITY OPINION
MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.
In four issues, pro se inmate William Carl Wooley complains that the trial court dismissed his civil lawsuit against his former attorney Randy Schaffer, whom Woo-ley retained to seek habeas relief on his behalf. Concluding that Wooley’s causes of action have no basis in law or fact because Wooley has not been exonerated from his criminal convictions, we affirm.
Background1
Wooley was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and related offenses. His con*73victions were affirmed on appeal, and he subsequently filed pro se habeas corpus applications in…
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