Williams v. T.D.C.J.-I.D.

The court of appeals dismissed Travis Williams’s appeal for failure to timely file a docketing statement. Al though the clerk of the court timely received the docketing statement, it was not filed until after the court’s plenary jurisdiction expired due to an error by the clerk’s office. We reverse the court of appeals’ judgment and reinstate the appeal.

Williams, who is incarcerated and acting pro se, alleges his word processor was lost or stolen while in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division (TDCJ). The TDCJ filed a plea to the…