Legal Opinion
Peter Lee Hinojosa v. Tarrant County, Texas and Thomas A. Wilder, District Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided October 21, 2011No. 07-10-00025-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.
The trial court dismissed the case filed by appellant Peter Lee Hinojosa for want of subject-matter jurisdiction based on the asserted governmental immunity of appel-lees Tarrant County and its district clerk, Thomas Wilder. We will affirm.
Background
Hinojosa began employment with Tar-rant County on March 1, 1976, and moved to the district clerk’s office in April 1991. On May 15, 2006, district clerk Wilder issued Hinojosa a memo regarding “reorganization plan — FY2007 Budget.” According to the memo, the reorganization plan would eliminate Hinojosa’s position…
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