Legal Opinion
Starks v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided August 30, 2004No. 07-03-0278-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAMPBELL, Justice.
On February 19, 2003, appellant Ricky D. Starks filed a petition, pro se, alleging personal injuries under the Texas Tort Claims Act. Starks is an inmate housed in the William P. Clements Unit of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On that same day he filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Starks’ petition was dismissed by the trial court on March 5, 2003, before service of process on the named defendants and without a fact-finding hearing. The suit was dismissed as frivolous pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Texas Civil…
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