Legal Opinion
Hickson v. Moya
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided July 10, 1996No. 10-96-010-CVPublishedCited by 425 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANCE, Justice.
In this appeal we determine whether the trial court properly dismissed, under Chapter Fourteen of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an inmate’s petition filed in forma pauperis. Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 14.001-014 (Vernon Supp.1996).
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Jimmy Lee Hickson, a prison inmate, brought a suit in forma pauperis against David Moya, Senior Warden of the Alfred D. Hughes Unit of the Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). His suit alleged that his “Eighth Amendment right of sleeping was violated when: a) he was subjected to prison cell-block without…
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