SISSOM v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL

No. 17-50913.

927 F.3d 343 (2019)

Ryan SISSOM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL; University of Texas; Beth Cooper, Principal/Director III of University of Texas High School; Steve Rosen, Legal advisor for University of Texas regents; Steve Walls, Superintendent of University of Texas High School, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Sissom, Pro se.

Natalee Bryan Marion , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


Ryan Sissom sued the University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas High School (UT High School), and various school officials, for racketeering and "gaslighting" —a term used by some to describe causing psychological harm. The district court dismissed Sissom's complaint for lack of jurisdiction as to all defendants, holding that...

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