WALKER v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 17-40752.

938 F.3d 724 (2019)

Calvin Gary WALKER; Walker's Electric; Walkers Electric; Jessie Haynes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; Aaron Covington; Leroy Saleme; Vernon Butler; Jane Kingsley; Terry Ingram; Michael "Mike" Neil; Tom Neild; Venice Monroe; A. B. Bernard; Jimmy Simmons; Robert Turner; Joe Domino; Lenny Cabarello; Jack Carroll; Beaumont Examiner; Don Dodd; Jennifer Johnson; Beaumont Enterprise; Brooke Crum; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Local Union 479, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Steven Lisle; Duwayne Herrmann, Also Known as Dwayne Hermann; Chris Kibby; David Gonzales; Wayne Reaud; Michael Getz; Cory Crenshaw; Malcolm Bales; Jerry Jordan; Bob Rawls; Timothy Brewer; Deanna Stevens, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: September 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy S. Klasing , Attorney, Misty Gasiorowski , Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Clay Thomas Grover, Esq. , Jonathan Griffin Brush , Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AARON COVINGTON, VERNON BUTLER, JANE KINGSLEY, TERRY INGRAM, VENICE MONROE, A. B. BERNARD, JIMMY SIMMONS, ROBERT TURNER, JOE DOMINO, LENNY CABARELLO, JACK CARROLL.

Christopher Blewer Gilbert , Thompson & Horton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee MICHAEL `MIKE' NEIL.

Thomas S. Leatherbury, Esq. , Marc Aaron Fuller , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Larry DeWayne Layfield , Law Office of L. DeWayne Layfield, P.L.L.C., Gilbert I. Low , Gary Neale Reger, Esq. , Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, Harry Max Reasoner, Esq. , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Margaret Dunlay Terwey , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees BEAUMONT EXAMINER, DON DODD, JENNIFER JOHNSON, WAYNE REAUD,

Jonathan R. Donnellan , Eva M. Saketkoo, Esq. , Counsel, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE, BROOKE CRUM.

Patrick M. Flynn, Esq. , Houston, TX, Robert David Kurnick , Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS.

Wyatt D. Snider , Snider Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Beaumont, TX, for Defendants-Appellees LOCAL UNION 479, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, STEVEN LISLE, DUWAYNE HERRMANN, CHRIS KIBBY, DAVID GONZALES.

David Vann deCordova, Jr., Esq. , Counsel, Law Office of David Vann deCordova, Jr., Beaumont, TX, for Defendant-Appellee MICHAEL GETZ.

Kathleen Marie Kennedy , Chief Counsel, District Attorney's Office for Jefferson County-Civil Division, Beaumont, TX, for Defendant-Appellee CORY CRENSHAW.

Bradley Elliot Visosky , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Plano, TX, for Defendant-Appellee LCOLM BALES, BOB RAWLS, TIMOTHY BREWER, DEANNA STEVENS.

Jerry Jordan, Pro Se.

Before SMITH, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


With this appeal, we review the district court's dismissal of the entirety of Appellants' claims pursuant to the Texas Citizens' Participation Act, ("TCPA"), TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE, §§ 27.001-27.011 (West) and Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons stated herein, we...

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