Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Cesar Rangel

Opinion issued June 28, 2018 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-17-00956-CV ——————————— TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Appellant V. CESAR RANGEL, Appellee On Appeal from the 80th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2015-64114 MEMORANDUM OPINION In this appeal, we consider whether the Texas Tort Claims Act 1 [TTCA] permits an inmate to sue the Texas Department of Criminal Justice [“TDCJ”] for injuries he sustained when a prison guard used a tear gas gun to disperse two 1 See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 101.001–.109…