Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided April 18, 2012No. 08-11-00240-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHRISTOPHER ANTCLIFF, Justice.
Proceeding pro se, Charles Ray Phillips (“Phillips”) appeals the trial court’s order granting the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s (“TDCJ”) plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing with prejudice Phillips’ causes of action against TDCJ. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This lawsuit arises from an incident that occurred when Phillips, an inmate imprisoned in TDCJ’s James A. Lynaugh Unit in Fort Stockton, Texas, severed part of a finger while operating a meat saw in the prison’s butcher shop. After Phillips’ grievances were resolved against…
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