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WRIGHT v. TX DEPT. OF CRIM. JUSTICE INSTIT.

No. 01-03-00568-CV.

137 S.W.3d 693 (2004)

Lenn Earl WRIGHT, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMNAL JUSTICE-INSTITUTIOAL DIVISION, Appellee.

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

April 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenn Earl Wright, Huntsville, TX, pro se.

Dawn Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, JENNINGS, and KEYES.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellant, Lenn Earl Wright, brought suit under the Texas Tort Claims Act against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID) for injuries to his hand. He appeals the trial court's dismissal of his suit for want of prosecution and its denial of his motion to vacate judgment. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Appellant, an inmate incarcerated in TDCJ-ID, alleges that, on February 8, 1994, he...

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