Neisha Jones v. Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services

By considering only that testimony favorable to Jones’s contentions, the majority concludes that Jones established a pri-ma facie meritorious defense. This Court’s review of the evidence, however, is not so limited. After examining Jones’s evidence, I would conclude that she failed to establish her prima facie meritorious defense — that her defense is not barred as a matter of law and that she would be entitled to judgment at a new trial if the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services offered no contrary evidence — • and that the district court correctly dismissed her bill of review.…