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SWEED v. NYE

No. 08-07-00132-CV.

354 S.W.3d 823 (2011)

James Lee SWEED, Appellant, v. Jay L. NYE, Jaime Esparza, District Attorney of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County District Attorneys Office, The State of Texas, and The Attorney General Office of the State of Texas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

August 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick G. O'Brien , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Demetri Anastasiadis , Assistant Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division, Austin, TX, for Appellees.

Jay L. Nye , El Paso, TX, pro se.

Before CHEW, C.J., McCLURE, and RIVERA, JJ.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

James Lee Sweed brings this restricted appeal complaining of the trial court's dismissal for want of prosecution. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 12, 2005, Sweed filed suit against James L. Nye, District Attorney Jaime Esparza, the Office of the District Attorney, the State of Texas, and the Texas Attorney General alleging claims...

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