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WHEAT v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 01-85-0836-CV.

715 S.W.2d 362 (1986)

Charles W. WHEAT, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Wheat, Navasota, pro se.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Mary F. Keller, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen. for Litigation, F. Scott McCown, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief Enforcement Div., Edith C. Schaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and WARREN and JACK SMITH, JJ.

OPINION

JACK SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, an inmate at the Texas Department of Corrections, brought suit under the Texas Tort Claims Act against the Texas Department of Corrections for the loss of his personal property by department employees. The appellee filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds that the appellant was claiming civil rights violations and that such a cause of action was not cognizable because an adequate state remedy was available. The...

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