Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Massey
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided November 29, 2001No. 09-01-229 CVPublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD L. WALKER, Chief Justice.
Mark A. Hughes, an inmate confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, filed this civil rights action against Loyd Massey and persons identified only as “John Doe(s).” See 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Pamph.2001). Hughes alleged that either Massey or a John Doe authorized the removal of the door to the restroom in the unit’s kitchen. When Hughes used the facility, he was exposed to female officers in violation of his First Amendment right to Christian modesty. Before service of process, the trial court dismissed Hughes’s…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Sax v. VottelerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Lentworth v. Trahan, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1998
- Hickman v. Adams, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
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3Cited by85 opinions
- Hamilton v. Williams, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2009
- Amir-Sharif v. Mason, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008
- Gowan v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
- Fernandez v. T.D.C.J., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2010
- Hines v. Massey, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
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