Legal Opinion

Ralph O. Douglas v. William Turner

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided May 9, 2013No. 10-13-00031-CVPublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

Ralph O. Douglas, a prison inmate, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing his lawsuit with prejudice and finding Douglas to be a vexatious litigant, subjecting him to a statewide “prefiling” order. An affidavit of indigence was filed with the trial court the same day as Douglas’ notice of appeal. We dismiss the appeal as frivolous.

Chapter 14

Effective January 1, 2012, Chapter 14 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the chapter regarding inmate litigation, was amended to apply to an action, including an appeal or an original proceeding, brought by an…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hickson v. Moya, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1996
  2. Bell v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1998
  3. Jackson v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  4. Amir-Sharif v. Mason, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008
  5. Thompson v. Rodriguez, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003

3Cited by83 opinions

  1. Ralph O. Douglas v. Marisa A. Moffett and Kyle A. Thornton, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
  2. McLean v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  3. Bobby Brown v. Geannie Jones and John Jackson, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2015
  4. Ronnie Anderson v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2015
  5. Adolfo Garcia Ybarra Jr. v. Warden Strong, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2021

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