Legal Opinion
Bruce Anderson v. State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2016No. 15-40836UnpublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAviener, Circuit Judge
Plaintiff-Appellee Bruce M. Anderson brought this action against Defendant-Appellant, Chief Justice Rogelio Valdez of the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals (“Thirteenth Court”), asserting an individual and official capacity claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Anderson alleges that, after he sent a letter to the Texas Supreme Court and filed a disciplinary complaint with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct describing what he believed to be malfeasance by Chief Justice Valdez, Valdez prevented another justice on the Thirteenth Court from hiring Anderson as a “briefing attorney,” viz., a law…
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