law-pro-se-suits
TEXAS SUPREME COURT CASES: PRISONERS, PRO SE LITIGANTS
Higgings v. Randall County Sheriff's Office (Higgins II), No. 06-0917 (Tex. May 16, 2008)
(Opinion by Harriet O'Neill) (prisoner suit, defective affidavit of indigence, right to appeal)
LAWRENCE HIGGINS v. RANDALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE; from Randall County; 7th district
(07-05-00004-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 08-22-06)
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral
argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.
Justice O'Neill delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Jefferson, Justice Hecht, Justice Brister, and
Justice Medina joined.
Justice Green delivered a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Wainwright and Justice Willett joined.
(Justice Johnson not sitting)
Houser v. McElveen, No. 06-0504 (Tex. Jan. 11, 2008)(per curiam)
(appellate procedure, timeliness of notice of appeal, prisoner suit)
BRUCE WAYNE HOUSER v. KENNETH W. MCELVEEN, ET AL.; from Jackson County; 13th district
(13-05-00426-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 02/09/06)
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral
argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.
TEXAS COURTS OF APPEALS CASES: PRO-SE LITIGANTS, PRISONERS, IFP SUITS
08-0173
WALTER MITCHELL v. CARLA BERRY, NORRIS BOOTH, BRAD NATHAN WALKER, JOHN DOE, MARIA ALICIA
GARCIA, URBAN REHABILITATION STANDARDS BOARD CITY OF DALLAS TEXAS AND CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS,
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; from Dallas County; 5th district
(05-06-01328-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 11-20-07) as redrafted, as amended
(pro se suit, affidavit of inability to pay costs)