Legal Opinion
Phillip Smallwood v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided September 1, 2010No. 10-09-00102-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-09-00102-CV
Phillip Smallwood,
Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, et al.,
Appellees
From the 278th District Court
Walker County, Texas
Trial Court No. 23,005
MEMORANDUM Opinion
Phillip Smallwood, a Texas inmate, sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for injuries sustained while working with a metal cutting machine. The trial court granted TDCJ’s plea to the jurisdiction. On appeal, Smallwood challenges the dismissal of his lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
A plea to the jurisdiction challenges the trial court’s “power…
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