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JUSTICE in incomplete and incompetent Opinion. We will be pointing out some things after we post the Motion For New trial Transcript. Where can we find a template for a Petition for Discretionary Review?





LEEANN HALEY, Appellant,



v.




THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.






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On appeal from the 105th District Court

of Kleberg County, Texas.






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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Baird (1)



Appellant was charged by indictment with the state jail felony offense of tampering with a governmental record. A jury convicted appellant of a lesser included misdemeanor offense and assessed punishment at 180 days confinement in the Kleberg County jail, probated for a period of two years. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 37.10(c)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2006). This appeal follows an earlier abatement of these proceedings wherein we ordered the trial judge to appoint new counsel and permit appellant to file a motion for new trial. Currently, appellant raises three points of error. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. Procedural Posture.

The State has not filed a reply brief. Under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.3, the State's reply brief is not required before we may consider and decide this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.3. When confronted with this situation, we treat the State's failure to file a brief as a confession of error. Siverand v. State, 89 S.W.3d 216, 220 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2002, no pet.). Pursuant to Siverand, we will make an independent examination of the merits of appellant's points of error and any opposing arguments are limited to those advanced by the State in the trial court. Id.

II. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Each point of error is centered around the trial judge's denial of appellant's motion for new trial, which raised two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The first point of error alleges the trial judge erred in denying the motion, and the second and third points of error raise the claims raised in the motion for new trial. As these points of error are intertwined, they will be considered jointly.

A. Authority.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the accused the right to effective assistance of counsel. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 686 (1984). To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, an appellant must prove (1) that counsel's representation or advice fell below objective standards of reasonableness; and (2) the result of the proceeding would have been different but for trial counsel's deficient performance. Id. at 688-92. The defendant bears the burden of proving his claims by a preponderance of the evidence. Jackson v. State, 973 S.W.2d 954, 956 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel "must be firmly founded in the record, and the record must affirmatively demonstrate the alleged ineffectiveness." Thompson v. State, 9 S.W.3d 808, 813 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). Generally, when the record is silent as to counsel's motivations for tactical decisions, an appellant cannot overcome the "strong presumption that counsel's conduct was reasonable." Mallett v. State, 65 S.W.3d 59, 63 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).

When claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are raised on appeal following the denial of a motion for new trial, we analyze the contentions as a challenge to the denial of that motion. Charles v. State, 146 S.W.3d 204, 208 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004). In such circumstances, we review the Strickland test through an abuse of discretion standard and reverse only if the denial of the motion for new trial was arbitrary or unreasonable, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to that ruling. Id. at 208 (holding appropriate standard of review for ineffective assistance claim in motion for new trial is abuse of discretion).

B. Failure to Secure the Testimony of Mary Cano.

The second point of error contends counsel was ineffective in failing to call Mary Cano as a witness for appellant. Appellant's defensive theory at trial was that she did not knowingly make a false entry, namely that her husband was not employed, in a government record. This was the culpable mental state required to convict appellant of the lesser included offense. Appellant's theory was that Cano, with the Texas Workforce Commission, told appellant and her husband that her husband's position as a substitute school teacher was not considered employment. We reject this claim for two reasons.

First, as noted above, appellant has the burden of providing this Court with a record that "affirmatively demonstrate[s] the alleged ineffectiveness." Thompson, 9 S.W.3d at 813. Therefore, in the context of this ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the record must demonstrate what the testimony of Cano would have been. However, Cano did not testify at the motion for new trial hearing. At that hearing, the following exchange occurred:

MFNT COUNSEL (2): Can you say with any certainty what Ms. Cano's testimony would have been? (3)




APPELLANT: No, I don't know for sure what it would have been.




MFNT COUNSEL: Do you think if she had been brought in to testify that could have possibly changed the outcome of your trial?

APPELLANT: Yes.




MFNT COUNSEL: You think that possibly her testimony would have boosted your credibility with the jury.




APPELLANT: Yes.




At the conclusion of the hearing, defense counsel stated in her argument:




Your Honor, it appears that [appellant's] only viable defense was to have Mary Cano, this material witness, called, and although we cannot say with any certainty what she would have testified to, there is no evidence presented to you as to what, you know, that she would not have supported [appellant's] position . . . .




When considering claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, appellate courts are not permitted to speculate about what evidence was not presented. Bone v. State, 77 S.W.3d 828, 833 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). Because the record does not affirmatively reflect what the testimony of Cano would have been, we hold appellant has failed in her burden of providing a record which "affirmatively demonstrate[s] the alleged ineffectiveness." Thompson, 9 S.W.3d at 813.

Second, even if we found the failure to secure the testimony of Cano to be deficient conduct on the part of trial counsel, we would then address Strickland's second prong and determine if the result of appellant's trial would have been different with Cano's testimony. In this analysis, we note that the essence of Cano's testimony was before the jury. Appellant's husband testified as follows:

Q. Did you tell the people at the Workforce that you were substitute teaching?




A. Yes, sir. I told Mary Cano. I called her by phone and I communicated to her that I didn't need to go to this workshop because I was substitute teaching.




Q. Did the Texas Workforce know you were substitute teaching?




A. Yes.




Q. Did they still insist on you coming to their workshops?




A. Yes, sir.




Q. What was their rationale for insisting that you come to the workshops?




A. She told me, Mary Cano told me she did not consider substitute teaching employment, that the Texas Workforce does not consider substitute teaching as employment.




Q. Is that because of the uncertainty of whether or not you are going to work?




A. She said, "you never know. They might not never call you again."




During appellant's direct examination, the following exchange occurred:




Q. Can you explain to the jury why [you filled out the form indicating your husband was not employed]?




A. Well, afer my husband had gotten a job, after the 13th we received a letter to go to the Texas Workforce meeting. Well, I called Mary Cano and I told her, I said, "My husband doesn't need to go to the meeting because he's substitute teaching," and well, first she says, she says -- I said, "my husband is working." She goes, "Well, what is he doing?" I said, "He's substitute teaching," and she goes, "[Appellant], the Texas Workforce does not consider substitute teaching as employment," ... (4)




In light of the foregoing testimony, we hold there is no showing that the result of appellant's trial would have been different but for trial counsel's failure to secure the testimony of Mary Cano. Therefore, the second prong of Strickland has not been satisfied. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688-92.

For both of these reasons, the trial judge's denial of the motion for new trial on the basis of not securing the testimony of Mary Cano did not constitute an abuse of discretion. Accordingly, the second point of error is overruled.

C. Failure to Peremptorily Strike Veniremember Marilyn Lewis Ruff.

The second point of error contends trial counsel was ineffective for not peremptorily striking the second veniremember, Marilyn Lewis Ruff, who ultimately served as the foreperson of the jury. During voir dire, Ruff, a teacher's aide, was questioned by both the State and the defense on whether she knew appellant's husband, and whether she knew Chandra Lewis, a witness for the State. After this questioning, Ruff stated that her knowledge of either appellant's husband or Lewis would not affect her or prevent her from being impartial.

At the motion for new trial hearing, appellant testified that she expressed her concerns about Ruff to trial counsel and instructed counsel to peremptorily strike Ruff. To convey this, appellant "scratched out Ruff's name" and said, "I [don't] want her on my jury." However, trial counsel did not strike Ruff and she ultimately served as foreperson of appellant's jury.

We read this point of error as raising three separate arguments. First, appellant argues: "[appellant expressed her concern about Ms. Ruff's prejudice to counsel and counsel did nothing, failing to question Ms. Ruff about whether she had any bias or prejudice that would prevent her from being able to be a fair and impartial juror in this case . . . ." This argument is not supported by the record. As noted above, trial counsel individually questioned Ruff about whether she knew appellant's husband and, if so, whether that would affect her impartiality. Ruff answered in the negative.

Second, appellant argues "it was not reasonable under prevailing professional norms that counsel fail to use a peremptory strike against [Ruff] when counsel had strikes available." This argument is not supported by the record. The record reflects that counsel exercised his ten peremptory strikes and, therefore, did not have an available strike for Ruff.

Third, appellant argues that she scratched Ruff's "name off counsel's list of potential jurors indicating to counsel that she did not want Ms. Ruff to serve on her jury." However, we reviewed the original strike list in this case and Ruff's name is not scratched off nor are there marks indicating someone erased marks through Ruff's name. Consequently, this argument is not supported by the record.

Having rejected these three arguments, we overrule the third point of error.

D. Erroneous Denial of the Motion for New Trial.

The first point of error contends the trial judge erred in denying appellant's motion for new trial. In support of her argument, appellant relies upon the arguments advanced in sections B and C, supra. However, for the reasons noted above, those arguments are without merit. Therefore, the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in denying the motion for new trial. Accordingly, the first point of error is overruled.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.




CHARLES F. BAIRD

Justice






Do Not Publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.




Opinion delivered and filed this

the 22nd day of November, 2006.

1. Former Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Charles F. Baird assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to the government code. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 74.003 (Vernon 2005).

2. This indicates appellant's counsel at the motion for new trial hearing, who was not appellant's counsel at trial.

3. All emphasis supplied by author unless otherwise indicated.

4. Only at this point did the State lodge a hearsay objection and that objection was sustained by the trial judge. However, the State did not make a motion to strike or request an instruction to disregard the testimony. Therefore, appellant's testimony prior to the State's objection is not denied probative value. Tex. R. Evid. 802 (inadmissible hearsay admitted without objection shall not be denied probative value merely because it is hearsay).[/code]
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
VS .
LEE ANN HALEY
REPORTER'S RECORD
CAUSE NUMBER 01-CRF-211
SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME
j, IN THE OISTRICT COURT
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j, KLEBERG COUNTY, TEXAS
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* 105TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
F I L E D
IN THE 13TH COURT OF APPEALS
CORPUS CHRISTI
MAY 1 82004
CATHY WI LB-CLERK
BY
~ * On the 6th day of May, 2004, t h e above e n t i t l e d and
Reported by Machine Shorthand.
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THE COURT: The Court calls 01-CRF-211, State of
Texas Vs. Lee Ann Haley.
MS. WILLIAMS: We're ready.
THE COURT: All right. Do you expect to call
witnesses, Mr. Isassi?
MR. ISASSI: I don't know which motion we're
going on. I don't know --
THE COURT: Motion for New trial.
MR. ISASSI: I never got a copy of it. The only
one I received was Mr. -- the lawyer who withdrew.
THE COURT: That's the motion that is --
MR. ISASSI: I never got served a copy of it. I
never got a copy of that motion period.
MS. WILLIAMS: That is correct. We're
proceeding on Mr. Collina's motion that was filed March 22nd.
THE COURT: That's the motion before the Court.
MR. ISASSI: We were never served a copy.
THE COURT: Well, we called the case last week.
Did you look at the file to get a copy?
MR. ISASSI: I did, Your Honor but, again, I was
not properly served with it.
THE COURT: And did you get a copy?
MR. ISASSI: No, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Did you look through the file?
MR. ISASSI: I looked through the file.
THE COURT: Did you see it there?
MR. ISASSI: I saw it in there.
THE COURT: Well, did you make a copy for
yourself?
MR. ISASSI: No, Your Honor. We have not gotten
properly served. No, I did not make a copy.
THE COURT: Well, then we'll proceed anyway.
MR. ISASSI: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Mr. Myart, we will need Counsel
table, please.
MR. Myart: I'm sorry?
THE COURT: We'll need Counsel table.
MR. Myart: Oh, yes, sir.
THE COURT: And you're proceeding on the Motion
for New Trial that was filed March 22, 2004 signed by Mr.
Collina, is that right?
MS. WILLIAMS: That's correct, Your Honor. I do
just anticipate calling Ms. Haley as a witness this morning.
THE COURT: Very well.
MS. WILLIAMS: I don't believe that Mr. Jimenez
is here. I didn't make attempts to call him here this morning
for the ineffective assistance of counsel.
THE COURT: Very well. You may proceed.
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, as I said earlier,
I'm Jill Williams representing Lee Ann Haley. We're here on a
Motion for New Trial hearing. Mr. Collina was allowed to
withdraw on April 23, and I was appointed at that time to
represent Mrs. Haley, and there is somewhat of a housekeeping
issue, Your Honor, that I just want to clear up for the record.
There was somewhat of a discussion that Mrs. Haley filed an
amended Motion for New Trial or that there was other
documentation filed in this case that it was somewhat of a
supplemental affidavit to the Motion for New Trial is what it
appears to be to me. We are this morning going to limit the
issues to what is necessary to develop the Motion for New Trial
on the ineffective assistance claim this morning for the
purposes for this hearing.
THE COURT: Very well.
MS. WILLIAMS: And I would like to call Mrs. Lee
Ann Haley.
THE COURT: All right. Ma'am, would you come
forward, please. Would you take the oath.
(Oath administered. )
THE COURT: Would you take the witness chair
right over there. Would you adjust the mike close to you so we
can hear you. Go ahead.
LEE ANN HALEY,
having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MS. WILLIAMS:
Q. You're Lee Ann Haley, is t h a t correct?
A. Yes, ma'am.
Q. M s . Haley, M r . Collina had f i l e d a Motion for New
Trial on your behalf on March 22 of 2004, is t h a t correct?
A. That's correct.
Q. You had also f i l e d an amended Motion for New T r i a l
pro se before M r . Collina was allowed t o withdraw from the
case, is t h a t correct?
A. That's correct. I had -- Go ahead.
Q. A t t h a t time t h a t was before I was appointed --
A. Yes.
Q -- as your attorney?
A. That's correct.
Q. And your main point was s t i l l t h a t your t r i a l
attorney was i n e f f e c t i v e i n a s s i s t i n g you i n your t r i a l , is
t h a t correct?
A. T h a t ' s c o r r e c t .
Q. Okay, so l e t ' s s t a r t with t h a t , Lee Ann. You
understand some of the issues i n your Motion for New T r i a l and
your amended a f f i d a v i t or the supplemented a f f i d a v i t you
provided, they may be issues t h a t have legal validation that
w i l l be adddressed on appeal?
A. Yes.
Q. You understand that?
A. Yes.
Q. So the only issues we're going to address today are
those relevant to this hearing today and necessary to develop
the record for the ineffective assistance claim, do you
understand that?
A, That's correct,
Q. Okay. Who was your trial attorney?
A. Fred Jimenez.
Q. And in your Motion for New Trial you contend that
Fred Jimenez was ineffective for failing to call or timely
subpoena %Mary Cano?
A. That's correct.
Q. Who you had indicated you would want to have called
as a witness in your case, is that correct?
A. Yes. Yes.
Q. And did Mary Cano work for the _-- Texas Workforce
Commission at the time you were charged with the offense?
A. Yes,she--
Q. Is that your understanding?
A. She started the Texas Workforce Commission here in
Kingsville,
Q. Did you discuss the strategy of calling Mrs. Cano as
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a witness with your trial attorney?
A. Well, yes. He knew all along he was supposed to
subpoena her. I thought she had been subpoenaed the whole
time.
Q. What do you feel made Mary Cano a critical witness in
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your case?
A. Well, she -- I had conversations with her pertaining
to my husband's work, and she reported to the DHS that my
husband wasn't working and that he wasn't complying with the
Texas Workforce Commission regulations, so they penalized us on
our public benefits.
Q. Did you have an idea from the beginning what you
wanted your trial strategy to be --
A. Yes.
Q -- where Mrs. Cano was concerned?
7--
A. I wanted her to say what she told me, our
conversations.
Q. Did you discuss this with your trial counsel?
A. Yes,Idid.
Q. Can you say with any certainty what Mrs. Cano's
testimony would have been?
A. No, I don't know for sure what it would have been.
Q. Do you think if she had been brought in to testify,
that could have possibly changed the outcome of your trial?
A. Yes.
Q. You think that possibly her testimony would have
boosted your credibility with the jury?
A. Yes.
Q. Did Mr. Jirnenez do other things you wanted him to do
for your defense?
A. Well, I asked him to -- I told him that I didn't want
that one juror on my jury.
Q. Well, I'll get into that, but basically what I'm
saying is he did other things that you were satisfied with as
far as your defense in this case, is that correct?
A. Some things, yes, but like there was a couple of
critical things that I wanted him to do that he did not do.
Q. Did he tell you why Mary Cano was not produced for ----- -- -_
trial?
A. Well, no. I assumed it was because she didn't get
subpoenaed until the day of the trial.
Q. And your argument is that you wanted her for a
defense to basically an ultimate issue in your case, is that
correct?
A. Right. Well, to -- I was going by what she had --
What I had learned from her. She told me that --
MR. ISASSI: Your Honor, objection to hearsay.
THE COURT: All right. Your response to the
objection? 3
a
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, it's not going to the
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truth of the matter asserted. Just basically what I'm asking =--- - r d
for the purpose of ineffective assistance is if Mr. Jimenez
knew why she wanted Mrs. Cano there, why she was a critical
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witness in her case. I think it's proper to be admitted for
the purpose of this hearing.
MR. ISASSI: Your Honor, there is no idea what
Mrs. Cano would have testified to, and to bring that up now is
just not right, and it's hearsay. It goes to the truth of the
matter asserted. This is what her whole argument is, that he
was ineffective for not calling this witness, and now she's
going to elicit this is what she would have said and this is
why he's ineffective. It's not true. It's pure hearsay.
MS. HALEY: -Mrs. --
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, I will rephrase the
question. What I'm trying to get at is --
THE COURT: I'll overrule the objection.
MS. WILLIAMS: Thank you.
THE COURT: Ma'am, let me just give you a couple
of rules. When there's an objection, that is addressed to me.
You cannot say anything on that matter because it is a legal
issue that I must decide. Do you understand that, ma'am?
MS. HALEY: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Thank you. All right. You may
answer the question now.
A. Mrs. Cano had been my Texas Workforce advisor since
1997. When I first met her she told me that I was going to
have --
MR. ISASSI: Your Honor, objection to
nonresponsive. She answered the question. It's nonresponsive.
THE COURT: All right. Next question.
MS. WILLIAMS: We'll move on, Your Honor.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) Do you know if Mr. Jimenez or any
of his investigators or assistants had made any contact at all
with Mary Cano before your trial?
A. No, not that I'm aware of.
Q. Do you believe that she was available to testify, the
problem may have been she just was not subpoenaed in time for
your trial? Is that your understanding?
A. I guess. I mean, if they couldn't find her, but I'm
sure if they really wanted her, they could have found her.
Q. Did Mr. Jimenez at any time ask for a continuance to
be allowed time to get her served?
A. No, he did not.
Q. Did he ask for any prior continuances in your case?
A. Not that I'm aware of.
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, at this time I would
like to ask the Court to take judicial notice of the subpoena.
I believe that Mr. Collina had attempted to also subpoena
Cano for the purposes of the Motion for New Trial hearing and
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that subpoena was returned unserved in the file. I believe I
saw it there. I would just ask for the Court to take judicial
notice of its own file in that matter.
THE COURT: I see the application or a copy of
an application for the supoena. I don't see -- I don't see a
return indicating one thing or another about it. Did you see
the return yourself?
MS. WILLIAMS: I thought that I saw it there,
Your Honor. It may have been the application also that I was
looking at. If I may, I'll just proceed with questioning Ms.
Kaley regarding her knowledge of that.
THE COURT: All right. Go ahead.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) Ms. Haley, do you have knowledge
that Joe Collina tried to subpoena Mrs. Cano for the purposes
of the new trial?
MS. ISASSI: I object to this line of
questioning. This is the ineffective assistance of Mr.
Jimenez, not Mr. Collina, and I don't know why we're getting
into this for appellate purposes and we're only going back to
the trial setting. I want to object to the relevance of this
questioning.
THE COURT: Your response?
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, the relevancy is the
purpose of the ineffective was failure to call this witness.
What I'm trying to develop here is that why she wasn't there
then and why she's not here today. We don't have any other way
to develop the testimony without her present.
THE COURT: A11 right. I'll overrule the
objection. Do you remember the question, ma'am?
(Witness shakes head in the negative.)
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THE COURT: Would you state the question again.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) Do you have knowledge that Mr.
Collina had tried to subpoena Mary Cano for the purposes of the
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new trial hearing that was previously set?
A. Yes, but he was -- He said that he gave it to Mr.
Bautista, a officer in Nueces County, to serve her and he said
that it was --
MR. ISASSI: Objection to hearsay.
THE COURT: Overruled. You may continue.
A. I have an e-mail where he stated that he had done
that that I submitted to the Court already.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) And did I, did we talk and I
explain that I tried to follow up on that and I was unable to
locate -M-r--s -.--- - C ano as well?
A. That's correct.
Q. T-h.a t I was told by the Texas Workforce Commission she .----__7---
no longer worked these?
MR. ISASSI: Objection. Counsel is testifying,
Your Honor. I'm going to object. She's to ask questions, Your
Honor. She's testifying. I want to object to the form of the
question.
THE COURT: Overruled. You may continue.
MS. WILLIAMS: I'll rephrase the question.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) Did I tell you that I was unable
to locate Mr-"s ...--- Cano, that she would not be available to testify
at the Motion for New Trial hearing today?
A. Yes, youdid.
Q. Were you ever provided with any other information
regarding her whereabouts?
A. Yes, she's -- She's the executive vice-president for
the Upper Rio Grande Valley Texas Workforce Commission-Private
Sector.
Q. Do you know exactly where her location is?
A. No, I don't.
Q. Where she's working at this time?
A. No, I don't. We attempted to e-mail her through the
TWC, and we got a warning, and a return, unreturned mail.
MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, since Mr. Jimenez is
not present today, this -- Ms. Haley's testimony is all I have
on the issue of his failure to call Mary Cano as a witness. We
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do have another ground, however, for ineffective assistance.
If you would like, I can move into that at this time or
allow -- .
THE COURT: That's fine. Continue your
examination.
Q. (By Ms. Williams) Ms. Haley, you have also alleged
that your trial counsel was ineffective for failing to strike a
juror. She was a Mrs. Marilyn Lewis Ruff, is that correct? .A v-
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A. That's correct.
Q. And his failure to strike her from the list of
potential jurors you have alleged was ineffective assistance of
counsel on his part?
A. Yes, that's correct. She --
Q. Hold on. Let me ask you a question.
A. Okay.
Q. Did you express to your trial counsel your concerns
about Mrs. Ruff being chosen for your jury?
A. Well, before that I told him I didn't want her on my
jury. I told him I, you know, I knew we had ten strikes and,
you know, I wanted him to use one of them to make sure she was
not there.
? Q. What did you ask him to do?
A. I scratched out her name. I told him I didn't want
her on my jury.
"7 Q. What did he do?
A. He got mad at me for scratching her name out, and he
allowed her to be on my jury and she became the foreman.
Q. Did you feel like her becoming the foreman of the
jury or the foreperson of the jury had a direct affect on the
outcome of your case?
A. Yes, I do.
? Q. How so?
f
A. Well, she's a biased person. I subsequently found
out that she has made -- Well, I can't say what she said, but
people have told me that she has made numerous, I mean --
MR. ISASSI: Objection. Hearsay, nonresponsive.
She answered the question and is going on i n t o a n a r r a t i v e .
Again, o b j e c t i o n .
MS. WILLIAMS: I w i l l ask her a n o t h e r q u e s t i o n .
THE COURT: Go ahead.
3 Q. (By M s . Williams) I ' m j u s t asking you what you base
the f a c t t h a t you asked him t o s t r i k e her, what do you base
t h a t on t h a t took place a t Voir Dire?
A. She was giving me d i r t y looks. She was. I j u s t
d i d n ' t -- I d i d n ' t g e t -- I d i d n ' t l i k e her, I guess.
Q. Were t h e r e any s p e c i f i c questions t h a t he asked her
,,,,.~-<-,-,,,,,--- - ,.,-*- --- --- - -- --- ' ,*- '----x - - *---" - -+--.-------I t h a t a l e r t e d you t o the f a c t she may be biased i n t h i s case? A. W e l l , she had s a i d t h a t she d i d n ' t know my husband i n Voir Dire, and when my husband showed up l a t e r , he s a i d t h a t he knew her, t h a t he had worked with her, t h a t she had asked him t o wipe a boy's diaper a t work. You know, she worked i n self,-contained, and he s u b s t i t u t e d t h e r e sometimes, but he was i n another room and she had come t o h i s room and asked h i m t o change a l i t t l e b o y ' s d i a p e r , but he was, l i k e , 15. MR. ISASSI: Objection t o n a r r a t i v e and nonresponsive. THE COURT: Overruled. Q. (By M s . Williams) Was -- Was your t r i a l Counsel aware of t h i s a t the time t h a t he was making s t r i k e s and she was on the jury? A. He was aware that I didn't want her on my jury. I didn't know at the time that she had worked with my husband. I didn't know -- She said she knew my -- She had seen him there, but she didn't know -- She knew of him, but that she had never worked with him. That's what she stated in Voir Dire. Q. Do you think that your trial attorney should have explored the line of questioning regarding her knowing your husband? Do you think he should have gone into that? Would you have been more satisfied with that? A. No, I didn't want her on my jury. Q. Okay, but what I'm asking you is do you think that he should have explored questioning her more thoroughly on her -- A. Right, yes. Q -- relationship with your husband and having known him? A. Yes, and working at the same school he worked with and working for the same school district and why she was even there. Q. Do you feel like your trial counsel was ineffective for failing to strike her? A. Yes, I do. Q. Do you think that due to his failure to strike her, that but for that error, the outcome of your trial might have been different? A. Yes. Yes. THE COURT: Go ahead. CROSS EXAMINATION Q. You have alleged other failures and omissions by your trial counsel that affected the outcome of your case? A. Yes, I have. Q. Do you understand that for the purposes of this Motion for New Trial and this hearing today, those two grounds were included in your affidavit supporting your Motion for New Trial? MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, I'll pass the witness at this time. BY MR. ISASSI: Q. Ms. Haley, how -- Did you hire Mr. Jimenez or was he appointed to you? What -- How did you get his services? A. On April 20th I had a status hearing for a case within which I was denied counsel which I sought counsel from him. Q. Excuse me. I'm asking -- A. That's how he came about to be my lawyer. Q. Did you hire him or was he appointed? That's the question. A. Neither. I went to him. I went to him because I needed counsel. Q. So you didn't pay him anything? A. No, I did not. Q. He was appointed by t h e Court? A. No, he was not. H e was a f r i e n d . Q. Did it pro bono? A. Y e s . Q. You're a l l e g i n g t h a t he was i n e f f e c t i v e i n c e r t a i n d u t i e s t h a t he has. A r e you t r a i n e d as a, i n t h e l e g a l profession? Yes or no q u e s t i o n . A. No. Q. Do you know h i s t r i a l s t r a t e g y ? A. T h a t ' s s u b j e c t i v e , i s n ' t i t ? Q. I ask the questions, ma'am. Did you know h i s t r i a l s t r a t e g y ? A. No. Q. Do you know i f he used o t h e r s t r i k e s o r s t r i k e s f o r cause o r f o r peremptory challenges during h i s Voir D i r e s e l e c t i o n ? A. I b e l i e v e he was -- There w a s a double s t r i k e on one j u r o r . Q. So he did use some s t r i k e s , is t h a t c o r r e c t ? A. There was a double s t r i k e on one. Q. I ' m asking the q u e s t i o n . Did he -- To your knowledge, he used c e r t a i n s t r i k e s ? A. No, t h e r e was no s t r i k e s . Q. Are you c e r t a i n ? A. Positive. Q. You were tried here in Kleberg County by a jury of your peers, is that correct? A. No, they were not my peers. Q. They were not your peers? Are you superior to them? How were they not your peers? A. They were all older than me. Q. Isee. A. One of them fell asleep. MR. ISASSI: Your Honor, there's no question, Your Honor. It's nonresponsive. THE COURT: Ask a question. Q. (By Mr. Isassi) You had a, I guess, a rocky relationship with all your lawyers, is that correct? It's a yes or no question. A. No. Q. Mr. Collina, your attorney who was appointed by this Court to represent you, you didn't have a falling out or did not see eye to eye? A. Heliedtome. Q. Did Mr. Jimenez lie to you? A. No, he ignoredme. Q. He ignored you? You say he was ineffective in that he did not subpoena Mrs. Cano with the Texas Department of *.L Human Services or whatever agency she worked for. A. She works for the Texas Workforce Commission which heads up the DHS. Q. If you were so adamant that you needed her, you didn't go out and get her yourself? A. She has been hiding for awhile. Q. How do you know that? A. Because she was so available before when I needed her. Q. You did a lot of leg work on your own in this appeal, is that correct? A. Of what I can do, yes. Q. You also assisted Mr. Jimenez with your defense, correct? . A. No, not really. I thought he was -- I thought he could handle it. Q. It's your opinion he didn't? J A. Obviously not. Q. Because you were convicted? A. No, because he didn't listen to me when I asked him to strike a juror that I didn't want on my jury and when I asked him to have Mary Cano there and she wasn't there. It's a little basic, I think. MR. ISASSI: Your Honor, I'm going to ask that be stricken. There's no question posed to the witness. THE COURT: Overruled. h Q. (By Mr. Isassi) Just because you didn't get your way is why he's ineffective, is that bottom line? A. Excuse me? Q. Just because you didn't win at trial, didn't get your way, didn't have a juror strucken (sic) or didn't get Mary Cano here is why you're upset, correct? A. Everybody doesn't get what they want. Q. Really? MR. ISASSI: No further questions. THE COURT: Any Redirect? MR. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, just a couple of questions. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. WILLIAMS: Q. Lee Ann, were you able to make suggestions to your trial attorney as to how you wanted him to handle your defense? A. Yes. Q. And did he -- You discussed the strategy with him as well? t A. Well, I told him that I wanted Mary Cano there. I mean, I thought that was the strategy and, you know, I guess -- Q. But he didn't do that, correct? A. Not in time, I guess, because he only subpoenaed her the first day of trial, and he knew all along we needed her, but I guess it costs money. MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, I have nothing further. Defense would rest at this time, but I would like to provide argument to support the motion. THE COURT: All right. Any evidence? MR. ISASSI: No evidence, Your Honor, just argument at the appropriate time. THE COURT: You may step down, Ms. Haley. MS. HALEY: Thank you. THE COURT: I'll hear your argument, Ms. Williams. MS. WILLIAMS: Your Honor, it appears that Ms. Haley's only viable defense in the case was to have had -Mary Cano, this material witness, called, and although we cannot say L>" --"4
with any certainty what she would have testified to, there is
no evidence presented as to what, you know, that she would not
have supported Mrs. Haley's position, and just the fact that
Mrs. Haley testified she could have boosted her credibility
with her jury and indicated that her failure to report this
substitute teaching money as employment income which I believe
is the basis of the offense that was brought against her, I
believe that this certainly makes Mrs. Cano a material witness
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that was critical to her defense and that her failure to be
called was, did rise to the level of ineffective assistance on
the part of trial counsel and, Your Honor, it's our position
that where there is a material witness and she's available, and
it's plausible that witness could have testified and there is I
no evidence supporting or refuting that and specifically giving I Mrs. Haley credibility with her jury and possibly having a
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different outcome in this case, that it is ineffective
assistance for counsel not to have called her and, in addition, I Your Honor, regarding the juror that in turn ended up as the I foreperson on the jury, Mrs. Haley testified that she, for
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whatever reason, the line of questioning was not developed.
She asked trial counsel to strike her. I believe there was a I strike available to do that. She ended up being the foreperson
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on the jury that convicted Ms. Haley, sand I believe that this
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was a fatal error on trial counsel's part that rose to the I
level of ineffective assistance as well, and over all, Your
Honor, I believe that but for these errors of trial counsel, I the outcome of this proceeding or her trial could have been I
different, and we would ask for the Court to grant the Motion I for New Trial at this time.
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THE COURT: Thank you. Mr. Isassi?
MR. ISASSI: Yes, Your Honor. Again, this.case I first and foremost, the Rules of Appellate Procedure require I Defendant to file a notice within 30 days. I know the Court of I Appeals allowed her that 30 days since the date of February I
Motion was filed on March 22. I believe we're coming I I close to the 75 days to have the hearing. Your Honor, in this I
case she was tried by a jury of her peers in Kleberg County
before this Court. She had counsel of her choice, Mr. Fred
Jimenez, who's a practitioner of law for a number of years who
has tried many criminal cases in his past and I believe a state
jail felony offense was well within his realm of expertise.
He, obviously, sought the jury and had certain jury strategies.
The fact that Ms. Haley did not get her way as she adamantly
says that everyone should get their way does not rise to the
ineffective assistance of counsel of Mr. Jimenez.
MS. WILLIAMS: I object, Your Honor. That was
not in evidence.
MR. ISASSI: This is my argument.
THE COURT: Let me hear the objection.
MS. WILLIAMS: That was not in evidence that Ms.
Haley said that everyone should get their way. I believe her
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This letter is to inform you of an official request for a thorough in depth investigation into this "Comedy of Errors" from the beginning. We are submitting evidence, Email Proof of Justice Hinojosa's bias in LeeAnn Haley's Appeal NO. 13-02-00033-CR. This email is being forwarded to the Texas Rangers and the DOJ.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jaime Kenedeno
Date: Dec 10, 2006 8:37 AM
Subject: Fwd: Lets start all over again
To: kenedenonews@gmail.com



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jaime Kenedeno
Date: Oct 24, 2006 2:33 AM
Subject: RE: Lets start all over again
To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com
Cc: dannoynted1@hotmail.com , kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com

OK Joe, Hinojosa does not need us to hammer Rose and Fil to prevail in this
election. If I open up this can of worms it will lead straight to Solomon
Grande and Jr as well. Is this the objective? At this time I probably have
the punch to knock em down but the problem is they will get back up. There
is much more to come with these guys and the Velas will survive the
information release given that they dont have a chance of winning this
election anyways. I can point out the children flaw and for that matter that
he donated money to these two Congressmen with questionable character
however it will tie in CC DISTRIBUTORS and all that that entails. If your
objective is to insure a Federico victory this is not required but if your
objective is to Delay the MACHINE I doubt we have the horsepower as of yet.
John Kelley is the man for this JOB. Thank you for the vote of confidence.
Jaime


>From: "Corpus Guerilla" <>
>To: dannoynted1@hotmail.com, kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com
>Subject: Lets start all over again
>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:52:36 -0500
>
>daannointed...I don't know what happened to the first anonymous emails I
>sent you. It might have something to do with the "free trial" aspects of
>that site I sent it from.
>
>kingal...I know all about Mikal Watts and his contributions. But he hasn't
>drawn my interest as of yet. One step at a time.
>
>Now I'm addressing both of you at the same time.
>
>My gameplan as of the moment are the Velas.
>
>There's little necessary to know about me other than I'm sick and tired of
>all of these petite tyrants and living under these BS haciedanistas under
>what they all ... demo and repub alike ... assume us to be ... mere peons
>or campesinos. I'll entertain any reasonable questions from you if this
>doesn't suffice.
>
>My plan is to show the Velas for what they are.
>
>By now you've seen Rose's TV commercial. Kids, adoptions in her court,
>blah blah blah. Now how do you feel the attachment plays into that from a
>political perspective? It can be found right on her courtroom door. Here
>it is again.
>
>kingal...the pressure point on filemon is his affiliation with those two
>other politicians. However, it's a MUCH BIGGER pressure point and
>monkeywrench to toss into Rose's works. Don't you think it's a political
>liability to have a husband that financially supports an unindicted
>co-conspirator in Hunter, and a sleave like Menendez who's under federal
>investigation for financial hanky-panky?I seriously doubt the voters would
>be happy with that if they knew...and that's where you two bloggers come
>in. I don't have that kind of access. Nor do I want it. I'm doing other
>things in conjunction with all this to torpedo their ship. All with the
>Velas is definitely NOT what it appears to be. Enough said on that.
>
>I have information...you two have the access. It's that simple. Just say
>I'm a little more action orientated at a different level...not
>higher...just different.
>
>Also kingal...Rose has a higher agenda other than just the 13th Appeals
>Court as I'm sure you must be aware of. If her boat sinks here and now her
>other asperations go the way of the dodo as well.
>
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YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT'S PERSONAL!

From: Jaime Kenedeno
To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com
CC: kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com, dannoynted1@hotmail.com
Date: Oct 22 2006 - 10:52pm
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT'S PERSONAL! Menendez is supported by Mikal as well. I
am not "IN THE KNOW" when it comes to National Politics and the networking.
It does not appear that Fil gave a very significant amount. What is or where
is the pressure point?

PS: you can email the pictures to kenedeno@yahoo


>From: "Corpus Guerilla "
>To: dannoynted1@hotmail.com, kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com
>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:54:12 -0500
>
>I have sent you both earlier today an anonymous email and am having another
>one sent by a trsuted friend with either an embedded photo of Rose Vela's
>No Children Allowed posting on her courtroom door and where to find some
>VERY intersting info regarding Filemondid or do not get these items,
>contact me back here and I'll resend using this email address.
>
>I'm on your side, but for personal reasons, not political. You will see
>this in the coming days...
>
Re: I am intrigued

From: Jaime Kenedeno
To: Corpus Guerilla
CC: dannoynted1 , kenedenonews@gmail.com, Jaime Kenedeño <>
Date: Oct 28 2006 - 3:36pm
DAMN SURE taught me not to take any ---- and to keep > some > figurative brass knuckles in my backpocket...just in case. But then too I > was raised in a city at a time when concepts of "fair" and "right" were > pretty much subjective and governed by the almighty 11th > Commandment. Thou > shalt not get caught. Then, a war came along in my life and rearranged > all > that and opened my eyes a little wider at the ways of the world. Oh, yes > indeed...the good guys win...but the bad guys win more often and also have > incredible staying power. > > Truly, we could have quite a long exchange and philosophical debate on the > merits and pitfalls of playing fair, cheating, unconventional warfare, and > so on down the line, but at the end of the day it'll all come down to what > a > person believes, what they want or like, and how prepared and willing they > are to achieve whatever ends their means are prepared to engage, fair or > otherwise. > > ALWAYS remember this...the other guy is as convinced of his moral position > (even if you think it's immoral) and stance as you are of yours and his > concepts of what's right and fair rivals that of your own...the ONLY thing > that differs is the objective. > > dannoynted1: > > Who says you play fair? kingal just did...though he may just have been > referring to himself. Would you care for some objective observations? I > have NO political axe to grind. None. I told kingal not all that long > ago > as I am as apolitical as they come. I have never voted in my life. My > ideas of politics were formed many years ago as a teenager not unlike the > kind of political education that our troops in Iraqi are receiving right > now > and I dare say a relative few of them will follow in my path career and > philosophic-wise as every war produces people like me. It's like service > to > king and country...and then at some point one euphemistically > "turns-the-guns-around" and ply your knowledge and skills to those that do > the highest bidding and who you HOPE you can align yourself with morally > and > philosophically. Luckily I've been able to do the latter consistently and > feel good about myself and sleep at night. hahahahahahahaha Now onto > those > objective observations... > > To understand this you need to know I'm not South Texas born nor bred. > Where I come from people tend to indulge politics as a kind of contact > sport > and chess combined where everybody has their own rule book that constantly > being revised and rewritten as they go along and where also the rules are > for the fools, suckers and uninitiated. As people, I don't even like > politicians. As a group they would not be my first choice for social > company and cavorting with socially under most circumstances. Personally > I'd just as soon find a bunch of juvenile deliquents to play with...at > least > they're younger and not full-blown liars and theives, yet. Politicians > are > for the most part frontmen as the power lies behind the thrown, not upon > it. > News this isn't. That said... > > Corpus Christi is much like a big hacienda environment pre-Mexican > Revolution 1913-1923 with Don Ortiz as the resident fat cat of all the > lesser dons. No news here either and I have no axe to grind with him...he > is what he is and gets his marching orders from God's mouth to everyone > elses ears during the various ring kissing ceremonies he holds to dispense > various political and monetary (if indeed there's any difference) slices > of > pie. Democrat and Republican? Ha. Same duck, different quack. Why the > masses all over the USA haven't picked up that both parties are > fundementally in cahoots with one another amazes the living ---- out of > me. > A nation of ostriches, but I digress. > > CC from my vantage point operates on the old English concept of the shire > reeves and fifedom folly and I mean from CC down to Brownsville. By Texas > standards it's small...reeeeeeeally small-time. You ought to see how they > pull ---- in Houston or Dallas, and New York and LA are like other > planets! > BuThat was good. I found a few little tokens I wrote back in early June and thought it might be pertinent to your quest. Here is a chunk of it below: Friday, June 02, 2006 Will a Sea Man on Cruise Control Ignore a District 32 Electorate Demanding A Debate with Aviator Juan Garcia? Will he commit today or will he Delay, Delay, Delay? In an Enron sort of way will he run from his distict from the beach to the bay? Word on Ocean Drive has it he is upping the ante to triple his pay in campaign donations so that he may stay As the monotonous mantra makes for a boring and unproductive day Engagement of the average citizen give the people back their say After all it's the American way and We Texans sign the checks you cash but do you earn your pay do you really want to stay cuz we came to play is it insurance that molds you like clay? Jaime Kenedeño said... Ok here we go, Republicans are not the enemy. It is the multi division of the Democratic Party and the Yanquis at the head of each faction of special interest self dealing to themselves. The Factionated Democratic Party is interested in I and there is no I in team. For this reason the Democratic Vote will experience the Ross Perot effect. Same thing in other races where disenchanted Democrats will side with Republicans instead of supporting Marisela Saldana, Jimmy Rodriguez, Larry Olivarez or even a well established incumbent like Federico Hinojosa. These candidates suffer from the disenchanted factions within the Democratic Party. I dont believe Alex Garcia or either of the State Chair Candidates possess the committment, influence or dedication to the Nueces Democratic Party to unite the factions much less draw Independent or Open Minded Reasonable Republican electorate support. I believe Rose Vela will extract a certain faction of Democratic Electorate though probably not enough to win. However, a certain progressive approach might possess a shock value that will synergize public opinion in her favor. I believe Juan Garcia can upset the incumbent if he can inspire and energize a Polanco Republicano District. Juan is very charismatic and a bold progressive movement will wake up a ho hum electorate. He has the innovative and the genius to break the mold. But will he Go for it. I believe he has the wearwithall and gumption to respectfully unseat a Candidate on Cruise Control. Perry has the King Ranch and Corporate Welfare Recipients and the only way to eject him will be by bartering with a leveraged Power Broker like Delay to target his Achilles Heal. Make a deal with Delay or Scooter. Trade the expensive prosecution for a stepping down of Top Texas Republicans (King Ranch Puppets) like Perry & Craddick. With the Education funding we should demand that the dedication of lottery money to the Education of our Children be adhered to as it was sold to Texas. The Lottery when legislated was for the Education of Texas Students. Finally, the Private Sector is funded under the WIA slush fund for Corporate Welfare Recipients under the Guise of a Welfare Reform or Welfare to Work / JOB generating program to help the poor. The rich are getting richer in the name of helping the poor. And one needs to always remember it is both parties dippin into the creative crony contractualism. Give it a title, write a grant and set up a front office with a computer and a sign; then get some brochures and a few token clients and funnel the Avarice in a shell game like manner and voila a new ranch or a new house maybe an agency hummer or King Ranch Pickup Truck with a magnetic sign. Give a few JOBS to your network affiliates and send the clients to perform community based work and get rich and richer doing it. Ask Mary Cano or Oscar Martinez to explain it in detail. Charmed I'm sure. 4:54 AM *posted by DANNOYNTED1 at 2:56 AM * | 0 comments&postID=114924485615622158> links to &postID=114924485615622158&quickEdit=true> and wrote: > > kingal: > > I can't honestly recall my father specifically instructing and telling me > to > play fair...but het I'm not knocking CC for it's size, just comparing levels of play, > that's > all. > > What makes CC interesting is this dynasty-like quality you all tend to > tolerate in ways much like that of old Duval County days when the Pharrs > held court. ----...CC reminds me of Mayberry in that respect...Andy and > Barney, Otis even, and for-evvvv-ver. > > But let me stop here as I really don't mean to be overly critical, > condesending, or seemingly mean-spirited. Personally I believe the > people, > yes, the people, the average everyday men and women of CC deserve much > better than they're tolerating, but as long as this irrational and > nonsensical democrat/republican/us/them separatist divissivism ---- > holds fast and true...you're (the universal you) ----. And, there's > only > two solutions...I'm part of one...you can guess the other if you like. > > PS: For what it's worth and with politics aside...I love the town and just > might settle there eventually. > > Hope I haven't bored you two to death and I wish as much luck and success > to > you both in your efforts as I do myself in mine. Smile > > > >From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > >To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >CC: dannoynted1@gmail.com, kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com > >Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:22:19 +0000 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >X-Originating-IP: [12.73.58.226] > >X-Originating-Email: [kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com] > >X-Sender: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >Received: from bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.90]) by > >bay0-imc1-s40.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); > Fri, > >27 Oct 2006 20:22:38 -0700 > >Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.216]) by > >bay0-omc1-s18.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); > Fri, > >27 Oct 2006 20:22:20 -0700 > >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; > >Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:22:20 -0700 > >Received: from 207.46.9.251 by by120fd.bay120.hotmail.msn.com with > >HTTP;Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:22:19 GMT > >X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0azDCpnaA6kqRbaRQkh9kJMiNg3Gpa09U= > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Oct 2006 03:22:20.0597 (UTC) > >FILETIME=[47325650:01C6FA40] > >Return-Path: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > > > >My Father brought me up to win within the rules. I dont need to cheat to > >win. Cheating to win is worse than losing IMO. Good will always prevail > >over bad. Due Diligence and faith in your beliefs are my choices. > >JK > > > >///////////////////// > >BTW, who says we fight fair? > > > >~dannoynted1 > > > >>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>To: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:25:33 -0500 > >> > >>I have a question if you don't mind entertaining it and indulging > me. Why > >>on earth do you guys play fair with people that aren't bothered by such > >>concerns? > >>For whay's it's worth, I have NEVER understood this and I've been doing > >>what I've been doing for a long time and in many places as a > >>representitive of Uncle Sam and as a civilian. In every skirmish, war, > >>insurrection, and "police action" and political nonsense I've ever > >>particiapted in this has amazed me to no end. Why in hell fight > >>Queensbury Rules when the other guy is willing to kick you square in the > >>balls and teeth and not bat an eye thinking it or doing it? > >> > >> > >>>From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > >>>To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >>>CC: dannoynted1@hotmail.com > >>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:01:18 +0000 > >>>MIME-Version: 1.0 > >>>X-Originating-IP: [12.73.59.93] > >>>X-Originating-Email: [kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com] > >>>X-Sender: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>Received: from bay0-omc1-s29.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.101]) by > >>>bay0-imc1-s40.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); > >>>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:01:23 -0700 > >>>Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.211]) by > >>>bay0-omc1-s29.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); > >>>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:01:22 -0700 > >>>Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft > SMTPSVC; > >>>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:01:22 -0700 > >>>Received: from 207.46.9.251 by by120fd.bay120.hotmail.msn.com with > >>>HTTP;Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:01:18 GMT > >>>X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0XRh/FTorZIszeJFyAsI2ns0JvtgFIC6o= > >>>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Oct 2006 06:01:22.0562 (UTC) > >>>FILETIME=[543CE620:01C6F98D] > >>>Return-Path: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>> > >>>Thanks for the insight. We have been through a lot of ---- dude. We > learn > >>>something new every day. And with Mikal; hopefully, he will continue to > >>>be Mikal. > >>> > >>> > >>>>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>>>To: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:23:17 -0500 > >>>> > >>>>Not a problem engaging you. I've always been on the side of the > little > >>>>guys except where I've agreed with the big guys on some moral or > >>>>philosophical issue. > >>>> > >>>>If I had any say in the larger sense of things I'd throw your > >>>>adversaries a loop. There's an old saying in my business ... "Smile, > it > >>>>makes your enemies nervous". I'd either start saying nice things > about > >>>>Watt or nothing ... and I mean AB-SO-LUTELY nothing at all ... just to > >>>>get them wondering. > >>>> > >>>>If you ever want to test your network ... plant some small piece of > >>>>seemingly significant information which is actually misinformation > with > >>>>different members of your network and remembering what you told whom > and > >>>>then just wait and see if it comes back to you. Include something > like > >>>>a date and if you have 10 network members just assign day-one right on > >>>>down the line until you reach day-ten with the tenth member in any day > >>>>combination that suits you as long as you can remember who has what > day. > >>>> Lots of ways to test people. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > >>>>>To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >>>>>CC: dannoynted1@hotmail.com > >>>>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>>>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:35:34 +0000 > >>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0 > >>>>>X-Originating-IP: [12.73.56.106] > >>>>>X-Originating-Email: [kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com] > >>>>>X-Sender: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>Received: from bay0-omc1-s23.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.95]) by > >>>>>bay0-imc1-s33.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); > >>>>>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:35:38 -0700 > >>>>>Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.248]) by > >>>>>bay0-omc1-s23.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); > >>>>>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:35:37 -0700 > >>>>>Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft > >>>>>SMTPSVC; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:35:37 -0700 > >>>>>Received: from 207.46.9.251 by by120fd.bay120.hotmail.msn.com with > >>>>>HTTP;Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:35:34 GMT > >>>>>X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0IWQ01zjtMuX5dXcHRFnNqCtShSx9t0jM= > >>>>>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Oct 2006 08:35:37.0584 (UTC) > >>>>>FILETIME=[B63F6F00:01C6F8D9] > >>>>>Return-Path: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>> > >>>>>You have shown that you care enough to invest your time into engaging > >>>>>me. I appreciate and enjoy your insight. I dont trust many people but > I > >>>>>dont have to. I have grown up in this town and I have my own network > >>>>>built on the streets. These guys are just paper pushers. The Packets > of > >>>>>info are mostly garbage. I know the game and I am learning as I go. > If > >>>>>I get burned shame on me the first time. I can absorb anything these > >>>>>guys throw at me. So they can bring it however they choose. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>>>>>To: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>>>>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:42:05 -0500 > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Well hi there Scott...as-in scot-free to tie-in with the happy go > >>>>>>lucky thing? Cool. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>You made them alter their plans...to YOUR advantage? If so, good. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Propagandist the word gets a bad rap from Joseph Goebbles. There's > >>>>>>good propaganda and bad propaganda with a whole lot inbetween > >>>>>>occupying the spectrums from white to black. These days of > >>>>>>nicey-nicey propagandists are ususally called spin doctors, > >>>>>>publishers, and evenb speech writers. Same duck, different quack. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Aha...I see. You publish veriable packets of information. I > >>>>>>suuuuuure hope you have somebody around skilled in certains aspects > of > >>>>>>counter-intelligence. I've altered many peoples perceptions over > the > >>>>>>years substituting my own version of truth or my client's versions > to > >>>>>>unsuspecting verifers. It's an old game that you should be aware of > >>>>>>and there's several ways of successfully pulling it off such as > >>>>>>planting, leaking, double-agents, allowing something to be "found" > >>>>>>then planting the "proof" for whoever comes looking...lots of > ways. I > >>>>>>bet a good many of the very people you report on know this as I know > >>>>>>for a fact there more than a few lawyers in CC with intel and police > >>>>>>intel backgrounds. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>No, I haven't seen the ad, but I was told of it by a compatriot of > >>>>>>mine. It's either Rose Vela or something or someone else > >>>>>>republician-related. Makes no difference to me. Did you ask me for > a > >>>>>>specific reason? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Jaime, I just didn't draw your name out of a hat you know. Although > I > >>>>>>admit I didn't stick to a normal or standard selection process to > >>>>>>approach you either. But let me leave things like this as I don't > >>>>>>want to appear or come off as critical, obtuse, or condesending as > >>>>>>none would apply. You do what you do and keep on doing it and best > of > >>>>>>wishes and luck to you. I have no beef with fundementally honest > >>>>>>people. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>However, be advised the people you're playing with don't play by any > >>>>>>rules and I doubt seriously if verifying anything other than favors > >>>>>>owed to them or their bank-accounts ever occurs to them. By playing > >>>>>>fair with those that cheat you set yourself up at a rather > pronounced > >>>>>>disadvantage. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Seeya around kemosabe. Smile > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > >>>>>>>To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>CC: dannoynted1@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>>>>>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:04:49 +0000 > >>>>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0 > >>>>>>>X-Originating-IP: [12.73.50.73] > >>>>>>>X-Originating-Email: [kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com] > >>>>>>>X-Sender: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>Received: from bay0-omc1-s34.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.106]) by > >>>>>>>bay0-imc3-s35.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444 > ); > >>>>>>>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:04:58 -0700 > >>>>>>>Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.223]) by > >>>>>>>bay0-omc1-s34.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830 > ); > >>>>>>>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:04:57 -0700 > >>>>>>>Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft > >>>>>>>SMTPSVC; Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:04:56 -0700 > >>>>>>>Received: from 207.46.9.251 by by120fd.bay120.hotmail.msn.com with > >>>>>>>HTTP;Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:04:49 GMT > >>>>>>>X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0PkFnFY8KuSZL9FttqLcII6ZupKH/9LvY= > >>>>>>>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Oct 2006 01:04:56.0894 (UTC) > >>>>>>>FILETIME=[C0BD95E0:01C6F89A] > >>>>>>>Return-Path: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>My name Scott says it all. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>I am Happy Go Lucky. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>We made them alter their plans. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Propagandist eh? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>If that term is applicable to verified information releases then so > >>>>>>>be it. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>I have so many packets of info right now and most of them are > >>>>>>>propaganda. We have a rule, not to publish anything unless we can > >>>>>>>corroborate it. That way our credibility remains intact. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Have you seen the big ad on the back page of El Defenzor? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>>>>>>>To: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>Subject: RE: I am intrigued > >>>>>>>>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:14:44 -0500 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>The act: Lets just say certain people could use a little less > >>>>>>>>alcohol and a lot more civility, manners, and social couth in > >>>>>>>>putblic settings. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>The work product: Yeah. Something like that. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Jaime, with all due respect. I'm in the business of gathering > >>>>>>>>intelligence and acting uopn it, not giving it away and not > knowing > >>>>>>>>what would be done with it as then things get out from under my > >>>>>>>>direct control and might wreck my plans. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>In my business you'd be known as a propagandist. Nothing wrong > with > >>>>>>>>that, so was Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin to very large > >>>>>>>>degrees. Even propaganda has it's offshoots and separate > purposes. > >>>>>>>>White propaganda, black propaganda, disinformation, > misinformation, > >>>>>>>>manipulative, etc. While propaganda is a useful it's of little > use > >>>>>>>>w/o a plan of ACTION, covert, overt, or therwise, which is a whole > >>>>>>>>new ballgame. Let me give you a working example. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Take this thing you and others have with Mikal Watt. If you and > >>>>>>>>others have all of this information about him and all those other > >>>>>>>>lawyers aligned with him, why not DO something with it beyond > >>>>>>>>letting him know you know? I can see the public service > >>>>>>>>announcement value and all and that's a good thing, but why tip > off > >>>>>>>>Watt w/o some kind of plan to thwart, sabotage, or expose a plan > >>>>>>>>right in the middle of things and effective either altering it or > >>>>>>>>---- it up completely, OR forcing him to use and waste > resources? > >>>>>>>> What the hell kind of political war can be waged by tipping your > >>>>>>>>adversary off w/o doing something about it? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>The whole point Jamie of waging a propaganda campaign from a > >>>>>>>>psychological warfare point of view is to alter and/or disrupt > your > >>>>>>>>adversary's actions and behavior to YOUR advantage, not to keep > THEM > >>>>>>>>informed of what you're doing or thinking. If you're going to > play, > >>>>>>>>play for keeps. That's how they got to where THEY are. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > >>>>>>>>>To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>CC: dannoynted1@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>Subject: I am intrigued > >>>>>>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:37:59 +0000 > >>>>>>>>>MIME-Version: 1.0 > >>>>>>>>>X-Originating-IP: [12.73.64.193] > >>>>>>>>>X-Originating-Email: [kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com] > >>>>>>>>>X-Sender: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>Received: from bay0-omc1-s40.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.112]) > by > >>>>>>>>>bay0-imc1-s35.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft > >>>>>>>>>SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:18:20 -0700 > >>>>>>>>>Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.245]) by > >>>>>>>>>bay0-omc1-s40.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft > >>>>>>>>>SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:38:04 -0700 > >>>>>>>>>Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft > >>>>>>>>>SMTPSVC; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:38:03 -0700 > >>>>>>>>>Received: from 207.46.9.251 by by120fd.bay120.hotmail.msn.comwith > >>>>>>>>>HTTP;Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:37:59 GMT > >>>>>>>>>X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt1koZ1V6CaYdtpRAVCf1G3t6otK9JQgr1A= > >>>>>>>>>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Oct 2006 22:38:03.0958 (UTC) > >>>>>>>>>FILETIME=[11688560:01C6F7BD] > >>>>>>>>>Return-Path: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Now, I am intrigued. WATT was the cruel act you witnessed? Look > for > >>>>>>>>>the work product to start appearing around the Coastal Bend as it > >>>>>>>>>is appertaining to the Defense of the little people. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Ok, Rose acts like she is about children and as if they are > primary > >>>>>>>>>in her courtroom. Help me out with this? A courtroom is not a > place > >>>>>>>>>for children but......... "fil" in the blank, pardon the pun? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Now with the money, it is minimal with respect to the > Congressional > >>>>>>>>>Coffers of these guys. Make an arguement for me? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>Why is all of these guys giving to Menendez? WATT do they want > from > >>>>>>>>>Menendez or WATT is Menendez doing for them? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>And this guy in Alaska WATT is going on that South Texas needs to > >>>>>>>>>know about. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>>>>>>>>>To: kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>>Subject: RE: Lets start all over again > >>>>>>>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:21:51 -0500 > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>I can appreciate where you're coming from amigo w/o necessarily > >>>>>>>>>>agreeing with it in total...but to ansner your question... > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Believe it or not, I'm not part of the Hinojosa machine...I'm > >>>>>>>>>>strictly an independent operator with no political agenda even > >>>>>>>>>>though my agenda has or could have a political outcome. I hope > >>>>>>>>>>this makes sense to you. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>No sir, the objective isn't Sol Grande or Jr...though I can also > >>>>>>>>>>appreciate how you'd draw that conclusion. Anything happening > to > >>>>>>>>>>others would be strictly collateral and relative to their > >>>>>>>>>>involvement with the Velas. The Velas are strictly personal > with > >>>>>>>>>>me for reasons of extreme hubris on their parts. There's a > rather > >>>>>>>>>>simple story associated with all of this and it's one of an > >>>>>>>>>>extremely cruel act on their part that I witnessed and in no way > >>>>>>>>>>involved me beyond being a spectator. And it was at that time > >>>>>>>>>>that they got on my ---- list. That he's a spoiled brat > >>>>>>>>>>millionaire and she's a jurist and both with political agendas > is > >>>>>>>>>>purely coincidental. I only want to teach them a lesson. Be > nice > >>>>>>>>>>to everybody...because some people won't give a damn who or what > >>>>>>>>>>you are and will come after you. That's what guerillas do > >>>>>>>>>>kingal...go after the bigger bullies of the world. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Another coincidence is that I would appear to be an unpaid, > >>>>>>>>>>unknown and coincidental campaign worker for Hinojosa. I'm not. > >>>>>>>>>>I'm about as apolitical as they come. My own personal view is > >>>>>>>>>>that we've long (if ever it was the case) passed the time when > >>>>>>>>>>getting the right person in office is a viable solution. To me, > >>>>>>>>>>it's not so much of getting the best person in...but keeping the > >>>>>>>>>>worst asshole OUT. I'm just that simple man. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Anyway, I appreciate your time on this matter. I sincerely hope > >>>>>>>>>>that you can and will keep me and our exchanges strictly > >>>>>>>>>>confidential as well. Believe me, I'm a friend and one that may > >>>>>>>>>>be able to help you in the future as I'm a person of > >>>>>>>>>>not-so-everyday resources...and I'm not talking about money. I > >>>>>>>>>>have skills that were part of another life and we'll ;eave it > >>>>>>>>>>there. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>One last thing about the picture flaw you picked up... > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Chances are I know the one you're thinking about. An analytical > >>>>>>>>>>kind of person can pick it out in a heartbeat...but the average > >>>>>>>>>>voter my friend is an impulsive kind of creature that tends to > >>>>>>>>>>view things at only a surface level...capmpaign ads bear this > out > >>>>>>>>>>in spades. There are all kinds of flaws of logic and reason > >>>>>>>>>>within any one you care to name. Ortiz Jr's is full of them. > >>>>>>>>>>Hell, the baic flaw of most if not all is that the person > running > >>>>>>>>>>and running the ds or ads is The Greatest Problem Solver of > >>>>>>>>>>All-time...and we both know what ---- that is. Ortiz Jr has > >>>>>>>>>>about as much business of running for the legislature as I > >>>>>>>>>>do...and I have MORE life experience and don't live with my > daddy > >>>>>>>>>>and haven't since I was 18. hahahahahahaha > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Anyway, thanks a lot and if you ever need/want me, I can be > >>>>>>>>>>reached here, or if I ditch this addy, I'll contact you and let > >>>>>>>>>>you know it's me just by incertaing CC Guerilla somewhere. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>Good luck. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>From: "Jaime Kenedeno" > > >>>>>>>>>>>To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>>>CC: dannoynted1@hotmail.com, > >>>>>>>>>>>kingalonzoalvarezdepinedaxiii@gmail.com > >>>>>>>>>>>Subject: RE: Lets start all over again > >>>>>>>>>>>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:33:20 +0000 > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>OK Joe, Hinojosa does not need us to hammer Rose and Fil to > >>>>>>>>>>>prevail in this election. If I open up this can of worms it > will > >>>>>>>>>>>lead straight to Solomon Grande and Jr as well. Is this the > >>>>>>>>>>>objective? At this time I probably have the punch to knock em > >>>>>>>>>>>down but the problem is they will get back up. There is much > more > >>>>>>>>>>>to come with these guys and the Velas will survive the > >>>>>>>>>>>information release given that they dont have a chance of > winning > >>>>>>>>>>>this election anyways. I can point out the children flaw and > for > >>>>>>>>>>>that matter that he donated money to these two Congressmen with > >>>>>>>>>>>questionable character however it will tie in CC DISTRIBUTORS > and > >>>>>>>>>>>all that that entails. If your objective is to insure a > Federico > >>>>>>>>>>>victory this is not required but if your objective is to Delay > >>>>>>>>>>>the MACHINE I doubt we have the horsepower as of yet. John > Kelley > >>>>>>>>>>>is the man for this JOB. Thank you for the vote of confidence. > >>>>>>>>>>>Jaime > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>From: "Corpus Guerilla" > >>>>>>>>>>>>To: dannoynted1@hotmail.com, > >>>>>>>>>>>>kingalonzoalvarezdepineda13@hotmail.com > >>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Lets start all over again > >>>>>>>>>>>>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:52:36 -0500 > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>daannointed...I don't know what happened to the first > anonymous > >>>>>>>>>>>>emails I sent you. It might have something to do with the > "free > >>>>>>>>>>>>trial" aspects of that site I sent it from. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>kingal...I know all about Mikal Watts and his contributions. > >>>>>>>>>>>>But he hasn't drawn my interest as of yet. One step at a > time. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>Now I'm addressing both of you at the same time. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>My gameplan as of the moment are the Velas. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>There's little necessary to know about me other than I'm sick > >>>>>>>>>>>>and tired of all of these petite tyrants and living under > these > >>>>>>>>>>>>BS haciedanistas under what they all ... demo and repub alike > >>>>>>>>>>>>... assume us to be ... mere peons or campesinos. I'll > >>>>>>>>>>>>entertain any reasonable questions from you if this doesn't > >>>>>>>>>>>>suffice. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>My plan is to show the Velas for what they are. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>By now you've seen Rose's TV commercial. Kids, adoptions in > her > >>>>>>>>>>>>court, blah blah blah. Now how do you feel the attachment > plays > >>>>>>>>>>>>into that from a political perspective? It can be found right > >>>>>>>>>>>>on her courtroom door. Here it is again. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>kingal...the pressure point on filemon is his affiliation with > >>>>>>>>>>>>those two other politicians. However, it's a MUCH BIGGER > >>>>>>>>>>>>pressure point and monkeywrench to toss into Rose's works. > >>>>>>>>>>>>Don't you think it's a political liability to have a husband > >>>>>>>>>>>>that financially supports an unindicted co-conspirator in > >>>>>>>>>>>>Hunter, and a sleave like Menendez who's under federal > >>>>>>>>>>>>investigation for financial hanky-panky?I seriously doubt the > >>>>>>>>>>>>voters would be happy with that if they knew...and that's > where > >>>>>>>>>>>>you two bloggers come in. I don't have that kind of access. > >>>>>>>>>>>>Nor do I want it. I'm doing other things in conjunction with > >>>>>>>>>>>>all this to torpedo their ship. All with the Velas is > >>>>>>>>>>>>definitely NOT what it appears to be. Enough said on that. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>I have information...you two have the access. It's that > simple. > >>>>>>>>>>>> Just say I'm a little more action orientated at a different > >>>>>>>>>>>>level...not higher...just different. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>Also kingal...Rose has a higher agenda other than just the > 13th > >>>>>>>>>>>>Appeals Court as I'm sure you must be aware of. If her boat > >>>>>>>>>>>>sinks here and now her other asperations go the way of the > dodo > >>>>>>>>>>>>as well. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>_______

COOL Smile

From: J. F. Kenedeno
To: cc_guerilla@hotmail.com
CC: dannoynted1@gmail.com
Date: Nov 14 2006 - 6:22am
WOW, I didn't expect to here from you so soon. Now those politicians are one
---- up breed of whore as defined below. This thing at DMC may not be a
big thing to you but it is important to our community and our kids. Arizona
Texas Mexico fence? I thought they were gonna build a frickin wall. Either
way it is a moneymaker for someone. Are you referring to Ortiz Construction
or Omega or Dos Logistics or Ocean Sipholdings Randy Delay Prison Bureau
cause that is WATT I got out of the last journey you advised. And Rose Vela?
The fence business hum....... maybe it is time to dig underground. I aint
got no problem with getting dirty as long it is all in a good day's work.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Corpus Guerilla
Date: Nov 14, 2006 5:00 AM
Subject: RE: Fwd: Del Mar Electronic Anonymous Input Forum: Is the "Swearing
In" of our n
To: kenedenonews@gmail.com

Dude, you spin a lot of wheels looking in a lot of wrong places. If you
want to start turning up collusion and dirt, set your sights on digging into
this Arizona/Texas/Mexico fence business. You can find out quite a bit
through easily accessible public sources. I won't say you're going after
the wrong people (politicians), but you're sure missing the heavy
behind-the-scenes hitters by a country mile. Hint: One can't hide from the
SBA Prime Contractor Lists and articles of incorporation listed in various
secretaries of state(s) files, and other places. Forget politicians.
They're only puppets and whores. Always have been and always will be. If
you're going to fight, sooner or later you'll have to accept and learn how
to organize effectively and be just as willing as the other side to get down
and dirty. It's just that simple. Have have a good one pal.


>From: "J. F. Kenedeno"
>To: "Solomon Ortiz Jr." , jgarcia@hdbdk.com
>Subject: Fwd: Del Mar Electronic Anonymous Input Forum: Is the "Swearing
>In" of our new leadership to be in "Executive Session"? Or is that reserved
>for planning resignations & strategic neutralizaion
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NO. 13-02-00033-CR

LEEANN HALEY § IN THE 13TH COURT
§
VS. § OF APPEALS
§
THE STATE OF TEXAS § NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS


Appellant’s Amended Motions, Motion for Forwarding to Appropriate Entities, Motion for Oral Argument, Motion for Relief an Motion to Conduct Communication via Digital Format, Motion to Invoke all rights reserved under the U S Constitution Motion to Conduct Due Process in the interest of Justice and Motion to Compel Appearance of Material Witness

To the Honorable Justices Court of Appeals:

COMES NOW the appellant, LeeAnn Haley pursuant to the authority of Tex. R. App. P. and files the following Motions, respectfully showing the court as follows:

1. Appellant request the Motion for Court Appointed Counsel, Motion for Extension of time to file Motion for Rehearing and Motion for Rehearing be forwarded to the appropriate entities as she is financially unable to hand deliver or produce the paper and ink necessary to print out and serve to her adversaries.

2. Appellant LeeAnn Haley request oral argument before the Courts of Jurisdiction.

3. Appellant LeeAnn Haley request relief under the Constitution of the United States of America and humbly ask for a thorough examination of this very complicated "Comedy of Errors". This is the life of a human being not just another case number.

4. Appellant LeeAnn Haley request under the Freedom of Information Act and in the spirit of open government to conduct and for Reasons of Comity all further Communication including Court Records, Motions, Briefs, Writs in Digital Format (electronic submission / exchange).

5. Appellant LeeAnn Haley invokes all rights reserved under the Constitution of the United States of America (as a Legal Productive Citizen of the USA).

6. Appellant LeeAnn Haley request all further arguments be accepted "in the interest of JUSTICE" as per Judiciary Due Process Rules.

7. Appellant LeeAnn Haley request material witness Mary Cano be summoned for Deposition before making any ruling adverse to her position.



WHEREFORE, Appellant respectfully requests that the Court grant Appellant’s Motion for Forwarding to Appropriate Entities, Motion for Oral Argument, Motion for Relief an Motion to Conduct Communication via Digital Format, Motion to Invoke all rights reserved under the U S Constitution, Motion to Conduct Due Process in the interest of Justice and Motion to Compel Appearance of Material Witness

Respectfully submitted,

LeeAnn Haley

4910 Lavaca

Corpus Christi, Texas 78411

361/851-2851



By:___________________________
LeeAnn Haley
(Defendant/Appellant)












CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that on January 7, 2007 a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was served on the 13th Court of Appeals Nueces County, Texas, by electronic mail delivery.

_____________________________________
LeeAnn Haley









































ORDER

On this day came on to be heard Appellant’s Motion for Forwarding to Appropriate Entities, Motion for Oral Argument, Motion for Relief an Motion to Conduct Communication via Digital Format, Motion to Invoke all rights reserved under the U S Constitution, Motion to Conduct Due Process in the interest of Justice and Motion to Compel Appearance of Material Witness, after considering same is of the opinion that said motion should be GRANTED.
IT IS THEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant be Appointed Counsel.
SIGNED this _____ day of __________________, 20___





___________________________
JUDGE PRESIDING






Cathy Wilborn hide details 12/6/06
to "J. F. Kenedeno"
date Dec 6, 2006 10:05 AM
subject RE: To Clerk of the 13th COA for submission (amended motions)
mailed-by courts.state.tx.us

Dear Ms. Haley:



Unfortunately, this Court is technologically unable to allow the electronic filing of documents. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(c). We are hoping that this will change in the future, but for the time being, documents provided to the Court for its consideration must be sent by delivery or mail. We will also accept non-voluminous materials for filing by facsimile. Accordingly, the email that you have sent, and its attachment, are not properly before the Court for its consideration and would need to be resubmitted to the Court through means authorized by the appellate rules before the Court can rule.



Requests for oral argument should be noted on the front cover of the party’s brief. Tex. R. App. P. 39.7.



If you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act, please specify what information you are looking for.



Thanks,



Cathy Wilborn, Clerk
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Texas State Representative House District 33: WATT is a Progressive? In Re: Solomon Ortiz Jr is a progressive @ DU by Meg

Texas State Representative House District 33: WATT is a Progressive? In Re: Solomon Ortiz Jr is a progressive @ DU by Meg

WATT is a Progressive? In Re: Solomon Ortiz Jr is a progressive @ DU by Meg
Can You Please Define "Progressive"?



I don't think the Progressive label is applicable just because he uses the airwaves of a Trojan Horse.

Solly is a Democrat and that is it. He has convergent, divergent and alligning ideologies with his father and with many other elected officials. Dont try and undermine Solly with the "progressive" label.

John Kelly wants to take credit for the precinct chairs giving Solly the nod, but everybody knows WATT swung the balance to him. In combination with Solli's attributes and network, it was the written word that reached the precinct chairs. It was the written word that allowed them to become informed and make up their own minds. And it was the written word that provided the security and comfort zone to vote the way they felt was appropriate.

Progressive my a$$.

Solli is a Democrat for positive change. He is much smarter and much more independent than to allow an undermining agenda to gain control.

Anyway, we will not stand by idle and allow it either.

Once elected Solly must remain responsive to his constituents. We will make sure of it.

John, it aint gonna happen and all you are doing is trying to gain notoriety and support for an idealogy many an American Soldier gave his life eradicating. Dont come to South Texas and try to build a party by capitalizing on the division of our Democratic Party. There is a word for Northerners such as this; we call them YANQUIS.

Go back where you came from or better yet become a resident of Cuba or some other commie / socialist country.

Solomon P Ortiz is a Democrat for Positive Change.

Texas State Representative House District 33: Solomon P. Ortiz Jr. Defeats Mikal Watts at his Own Game. Or Perhaps GOD intervened.

Solomon P. Ortiz Jr. Defeats Mikal Watts at his Own Game. Or Perhaps GOD intervened.

“When Corpus Christi state representative Vilma Luna decided to give up her legislative seat in July to take a lobbying job in Austin with Hillco Partners, the Democratic party had every reason to believe that the seat would remain in the party's column.”

Let’s look a little further into this assertion.

Why did Vilma Luna step down?

One answer and the one on the surface would be as stated, “to take a lobbying job in Austin with Hillco Partners”. Vilma cited more family time as her primary reason. It goes much deeper than that Mr. Burka; remember Vilma Luna is their hero. It is not difficult to understand that the Utility of Vilma Luna was wearing thin like the Firestone tires that made Mikal and his Crew rich. He could have eventually got her into something she will be blamed for. As it is common knowledge in South Texas; Mikal Watts is about reversing the “Capelo” legislation. There were two tort reform bills, one originated by doctors (and endorsed by TLR) that capped non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases at $250,000 and another containing an assortment of protections for businesses, supported by TLR.

There's More.....

Friday, August 18, 2006

Wild Horse Desert: Los Kine�os: The Romanticized Version

Wild Horse Desert: Los Kine�os: The Romanticized Version




“There was a terrible drought in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Captain King traveled to the little hamlet of Cruillas in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

“The townspeople were in such dire straits that they sold all of their cattle to him in an attempt to survive the drought. A short distance out of town, slowly driving the cattle north toward Texas, Captain King realized that, in solving an immediate problem for the people of Cruillas, he had simultaneously removed their long-term means of livelihood. He turned his horse back toward the town and made its people a proposition. He would provide them with food, shelter and income if they would move and come to work on his ranch. The townspeople conferred and many of them agreed to move north with Captain King.

“Already expert stockmen and horsemen, these resilient denizens of the rugged Mexican range became known as Los Kinenos - King's people. They and many generations of their heirs would go on to weave a large portion of the historical tapestry of King Ranch. The expert Kineno cowboys now occupy a justifiably legendary place in the annals of the taming of the vast American West. The mystique of the Kinenos is alive and well, and descendants of the original Cruillas residents still live and work on the ranch today - providing a vital link with the past and giving the ranch a key aspect of its unique atmosphere.”

The vastness of the huge ranch on which he lived seems to have given him a wish to know more about the world. He would later turn his attention to being an educator. A definition of an educator is: to demonstrate a commitment to creating new knowledge, to applying knowledge to solving problems to synthesize various strands of knowledge, and to understanding how students learn.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

You give me, keep giving me the sweetest taboo



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Every day is christmas, and every night is new year's eve
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Sunday, June 11, 2006

a bill sittin on capitol hill

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NUMBER 13-02-230-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI



NUECES COUNTY AND LARRY OLIVAREZ, SHERIFF, Appellants,

v.

GAYLE C. FERGUSON, Appellee.


On appeal from the 214th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.


O P I N I O N

Before Justices Hinojosa, Castillo, and Chavez[1]
Opinion by Justice Castillo

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction.[2] In two issues, appellants Nueces County (Athe County@) and Sheriff Larry Olivarez (Athe Sheriff@) assert that the trial court erred in denying their plea to the jurisdiction. We reverse and render.
BACKGROUND
In March of 1996, appellee, Gayle Ferguson, an employee of the Nueces County Sheriff=s Department, applied for a posted position of training officer with the Sheriff=s Department but was not awarded the position. The position instead went to Stanley Repka. Ferguson consequently filed a grievance against the sheriff of Nueces County[3] with the Nueces County Civil Service Commission (Athe Commission@) for the sheriff=s failure to appoint him to the position.
The Commission issued a decision on December 16, 1996, that stated, AThe Commission holds that Sgt. Stanley Repka lacks the minimum qualifications for position number 015, Job Class & Title 1432 Training Officer@ and pronounced that the Commission was deciding in favor of Ferguson. However, the Commission made no findings, nor did it award the position of training officer to Ferguson.
The position was reannounced in May of 1997 with the same qualifications listed and Ferguson again applied. The position was reannounced later with different qualifications and awarded to Repka. Consequently, in November of 1998, Ferguson filed a lawsuit against the County and against Sheriff Larry Olivarez.[4]
While the lawsuit was pending, Ferguson, who remained in the employ of the Sheriff=s Department, was terminated after being disciplined repeatedly.[5] He appealed his termination to the Commission. The Commission issued a decision on the termination on August 15, 2001, wherein it made the following AFINDINGS AND DECISIONS@: AIt is the unanimous decision of the members of the Commission in regards to Grievance Number 02091-1, Gayle C. Ferguson v. Nueces County Sheriff=s Department to reduce the termination to a ninety day suspension.@ No other decision or finding was made.
On September 17, 2001, Ferguson amended his petition in the pending lawsuit. In his amended petition, he stated he was seeking Aenforcement of the Civil Service Commission findings of December 1996 by prospective injunction placing [Ferguson] in the position for which he was the most highly qualified in 1996" and Afull reinstatement from termination in 2001" as well as Aenforcement of the benefits attendant to the position of sergeant in the form of retroactive pay for the position as he would have earned if not terminated or suspended.@ He also stated that he was seeking Afull reinstatement without suspension expungement of his derogatory work record and full back pay,@ asserting that he was Aentitled to such relief under the Civil Service Rules, state law, and because such losses are a result of discrimination and retaliation.@ Ferguson also alleged that the acts and conduct of ADefendants@ as alleged in the petition constituted intentional infliction of emotional distress as A[they] had acted knowingly and intentionally to deprive Plaintiff of the rightful benefits of the position.@ Under the final section of his petition, entitled ADamages,@ Ferguson requested: (1) a temporary restraining order restraining appellants from conferring the status of Training Officer on anyone other than himself or from allowing anyone other than himself to function as Training Officer; 2) that ADefendant be restrained from suspending [Ferguson] retroactively and full back pay be awarded;@ and that (3) Aa temporary injunction be granted.@[6] Ferguson also requested that Aon final trial, Plaintiff have and recover judgment against Defendants for@: (1) Athe value of the loss of the position of Training Officer;@ (2) Adamages for negligent violation of employment policies and compensation and benefits due@ to him; (3) Aadditional sums for past and future damages sustained by [Ferguson] for intentional infliction of emotional distress and for mental anguish;@ (4) Afull back and front pay;@ (5) Aprejudgment interest and postjudgment interest at the maximum legal rate until all damage awards have been paid in full;@ (6) reasonable and necessary attorney=s fees; (7) costs of court; and (8) all other relief to which he might show himself entitled.
To this amended pleading, appellants filed a second amended plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss[7] on November 28, 2001, asserting that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Ferguson failed to file a petition in the district court within thirty days after the dates of the Commission=s decisions as required by local government code section 158.012(a).[8] Tex. Loc. Gov=t Code Ann. '158.012(a) (Vernon 1999). Appellants also argued that sovereign immunity deprived the trial court of jurisdiction over the tort claims alleged. After hearing arguments and reviewing briefs on the issue, the trial court denied the plea to the jurisdiction. This interlocutory appeal ensued.
ISSUES PRESENTED
In their first issue, appellants assert that the trial court erred in denying their plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss because they were immune from suit under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. In their second issue, appellants assert that the trial court erred in denying the plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss because Ferguson failed to comply with the statutory requirements of local government code section 158.012(a), thereby depriving the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over the Commission=s decisions rendered on December 16, 1996 and August 15, 2001.
Ferguson presents no response to appellant=s first issue. To the second issue, Ferguson counters that he seeks to neither affirm nor reverse the Commission=s decisions since he should not be required to appeal to accomplish the clear ruling of the commission. Rather, Ferguson argues, he is entitled to immediate compliance or an enforcement ruling because no appeal was taken by the sheriff.
STANDARD OF APPELLATE REVIEW
This appeal is strictly limited to our review of the trial court=s ruling on the plea to the jurisdiction. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp. 2002). On appeal, because the question of subject matter jurisdiction is a legal question, we review the trial court's ruling on a plea to the jurisdiction under a de novo standard of review. Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale, 964 S.W.2d 922, 928 (Tex. 1998). To determine whether appellees have affirmatively demonstrated the court=s jurisdiction to hear the case, we consider the facts alleged in the petition, and to the extent it is relevant to the jurisdictional issue, any evidence submitted by the parties to the trial court. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm=n v. White, 46 S.W.3d 864, 868 (Tex. 2001); Bland Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 547, 555 (Tex. 2000). Our task is not to decide the merits of the case but rather to examine the claims in the pleadings, taking as true the facts pled,[9] and determine whether those facts support jurisdiction in the trial court. Baston v. City of Port Isabel, 49 S.W.3d 425, 427-28 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 2001, pet. denied).
We must construe the pleadings in the plaintiff=s favor and look to the pleader=s intent. County of Cameron v. Brown, 80 S.W.3d 549, 555 (Tex. 2002); Peek v. Equip. Serv. Co., 779 S.W.2d 802, 804 (Tex. 1989). A plaintiff bears the burden to allege facts affirmatively demonstrating the trial court=s jurisdiction to hear a case. Tex. Ass=n of Bus. v. Tex. Air Control Bd., 852 S.W.2d 440, 446 (Tex. 1993); Mission Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Flores, 39 S.W.3d 674, 676 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 2001, no pet.). If a plaintiff pleads facts that affirmatively demonstrate an absence of jurisdiction, and the defect is incurable, then the cause is properly dismissed. Peek, 779 S.W.2d at 804-05; City of Austin v. L.S. Ranch, 970 S.W.2d 750, 753 (Tex. App.BAustin 1998, no pet.). However, the mere failure of a petition to state a cause of action does not show a want of jurisdiction in the court. Bybee v. Fireman=s Fund Ins. Co., 160 Tex. 429, 331 S.W.2d 910, 917 (1960). If the plaintiff=s pleadings are insufficient to demonstrate the court=s jurisdiction, but do not affirmatively show incurable defects in jurisdiction, the proper remedy is to allow the plaintiff an opportunity to amend before dismissal. Brown, 80 S.W.3d at 555; Peek, 779 S.W.2d at 805.
CLAIMS AGAINST SHERIFF OLIVAREZ
As a preliminary matter, we must consider the capacity in which suit is brought against Sheriff Larry Olivarez as such will affect our review of the claims against him.
A plaintiff may sue a governmental employee or official in the person=s official capacity, individual capacity, or both. Denson v. Tex. Dep=t of Crim. Justice, 63 S.W.3d 454, 460 (Tex. App.BTyler 1999, pet. denied). However, claims against governmental employees or officials in their official capacities are separate and distinct from claims against them in their individual capacities. Vela v. Rocha, 52 S.W.3d 398, 403 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 2001, no pet.). Indeed, a person sued in his legal capacity is regarded as a distinct legal personage from that same person sued in his individual capacity. Elizondo v. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm=n, 974 S.W.2d 928, 931 (Tex. AppBAustin 1998, no pet.)(citing Alexander v. Todman, 361 F. 2d 744, 746 (3rd Circ. 1966); accord Bender v. Williamsport Area Sch. Dist., 475 U.S. 534, 543-44 & n.6 (1986)). Thus, a person in his official capacity is a Astranger to his rights and liabilities as an individual@ and vice versa. Elizondo, 974 S.W.2d at 931 (quoting Todman, 361 F.2d at 746). A person filing suit against an individual solely in an official capacity thus cannot impose liability or recover damages from that same person in an individual capacity, nor can a suit solely against a person in an individual capacity result in liability or the execution of a judgment against the governmental unit that the person represents in an official capacity. Bender, 475 U.S. at 544 (quoting Brandon v. Holt, 469 U.S. 464, 471-72 (1985) and Kentucky v. Graham, 473 U.S. 159, 165-66 (1985)). Accordingly, the capacity in which a governmental employee or official is sued is significant because it affects the party upon whom liability may be imposed and from whom damages may be collected, as well as the defenses that may be raised. Jackson v. Stinnett, 881 S.W.2d 498, 500 (Tex. App.BEl Paso 1994, no writ).
In a suit against a person in an official capacity, a plaintiff is actually seeking to impose liability against the governmental unit the sued person represents, rather than on the individual specifically named. Rocha, 52 S.W.3d at 403 (citing Graham, 473 U.S. at 166). The suit is, then, in actuality, one against the governmental unit, which is the legal entity that will be held liable for any judgment rendered against the individual sued in an official capacity. Graham, 473 U.S. at 165-66. By contrast, a suit against a person in an individual capacity seeks to impose personal liability on the individual being sued for personal actions taken under color of state law, and so damages in that instance may be collected only from the individual defendant sought to be held liable and not from the governmental unit that employs the defendant. Id.
The capacity in which a governmental employee or official is sued likewise affects the immunity defenses that may be asserted. Rocha, 52 S.W.3d at 403 (AEach capacity involves a separate and distinct form of potential immunity . . .@). Persons sued in their official capacity may raise any defense available to the governmental unit, including sovereign immunity.[10] Gonzalez v. Avalos, 866 S.W.2d 346, 349 (Tex. App.BEl Paso 1993), writ dism=d w.o.j., 907 S.W.2d 443 (Tex. 1995)(per curiam); Bagg v. Univ. of Tex. Med. Branch at Galveston, 726 S.W.2d 582, 586 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1987, writ ref=d n.r.e.). An individual sued in an official capacity may enjoy the protections of sovereign immunity to the same extent as those protections are available to the person=s employer and thus, if the governmental unit would be immune due to sovereign immunity, so is the governmental official sued in his official capacity.[11] City of Hempstead v. Kmiec, 902 S.W.2d 118, 122 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 1995, no writ). Persons sued in their individual capacities, on the other hand, may not rely on sovereign immunity protections for claims against them in that capacity, although they may assert the defense of official immunity. Gonzalez, 866 S.W.2d at 349. Finally, persons sued in both official and individual capacities may assert both official and sovereign immunity, although they enjoy sovereign immunity protection only to the extent that they were acting in their official capacity. Bagg, 726 S.W.2d at 586.
In the instant case, Ferguson did not explicitly state in his petition whether his claims against Larry Olivarez were brought against Olivarez in an official or individual capacity. When a petition fails to specify the capacity in which a person is sued,[12] we will look at the Acourse of the proceedings@ to determine the nature of the liability the plaintiff seeks to impose. Graham, 473 U.S. at 166 n.14 (citing Brandon v. Holt, 469 U.S. 464, 469 (1985)).
In examining these proceedings, we note that the amended petition describes Olivarez in the following terms: ADefendant, LARRY OLIVAREZ, SHERIFF is an individual employed with Nueces County and may be served at the Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi, Texas.@ When referring to him specifically, the petition uses the term ASheriff Olivarez@ or simply ASheriff.@ No reference is made in the petition or in the record before us to claims against Olivarez personally, that is, in any individual capacity. Further, Ferguson does not allege in the petition that the actions he complains of, namely, the failure to promote Ferguson to the position he applied for in 1996 as well as his termination in 2001, were not acts within the scope of Olivarez=s authority as sheriff. Moreover, Ferguson makes the same complaints against the County as he does against Olivarez and his petition clearly contemplates that the County would be liable for any judgment recovered, not Olivarez personally. Lastly, and significantly, Ferguson never served Sheriff Olivarez, in either his official or his individual capacity,[13] nor did Ferguson request any service on Olivarez in any capacity. The only service requested, and made, in this cause was on Nueces County, by way of service on the county judge.
We conclude that Ferguson only asserted claims against Sheriff Olivarez in his official capacity as Sheriff of Nueces County. A sheriff, sued in an official capacity, is not an entity distinct from the county. Bowles v. Wade, 913 S.W.2d 644, 649 (Tex. App.BDallas 1995, writ denied), abrogated on other grounds, Essenburg v. Dallas County, 988 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. 1998). Thus, Olivarez is entitled to assert any defense the County may assert, Gonzalez, 866 S.W.2d at 349, and claims against him are subject to the same jurisdictional analysis as claims against Nueces County. Bowles, 913 S.W.2d at 649.
We turn then to the question of sovereign immunity.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
In their first issue, appellants assert that Ferguson failed to allege a cause of action for which sovereign immunity was waived, and so subject matter jurisdiction was lacking in the trial court and their plea to the jurisdiction should have been granted. Ferguson does not respond to this issue in his brief.
Sovereign Immunity and Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Sovereign immunity, unless waived, protects the State of Texas from lawsuits for damages absent legislative consent. Gen. Servs. Comm'n. v. Little-Tex Insulation Co., 39 S.W.3d 591, 594 (Tex. 2001). Sovereign immunity derives from the principle that the sovereign may not be sued in its courts without its consent. Tex. Workers' Comp. Comm'n v. Garcia, 862 S.W.2d 61, 72 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 1993), rev'd on other grounds, 893 S.W.2d 504 (Tex. 1995)(en banc). Sovereign immunity encompasses two principles: immunity from suit and immunity from liability. Fed. Sign v. Tex. S. Univ., 951 S.W.2d 401, 405 (Tex. 1997). Immunity from liability protects the State from judgments, even where there is an express consent on the part of the Legislature to permit a suit. Id. Immunity from liability is an affirmative defense that must be pled or else it is waived. Jones, 8 S.W.3d at 638 (citing Davis v. City of San Antonio, 752 S.W.2d 518, 519‑20 (Tex. 1988)). Immunity from suit, on the other hand, bars a suit against the State unless the State expressly gives consent to the suit. Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 405. Immunity from suit, then, deprives a trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over the governmental agency, even if liability is undisputed. Travis County v. Pelzel & Assocs., Inc., 77 S.W.3d 246, 248 (Tex. 2002).
A county is a governmental unit protected by sovereign immunity. Id. Likewise, a public official sued in an official capacity is protected by the same sovereign immunity enjoyed by the governmental unit he represents. Morris v. Copeland, 944 S.W.2d 696, 698-99 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 1997, no pet.)(holding that suit against the sheriff was a suit against the county, and both were immune from suit by virtue of sovereign immunity). Accordingly, we must determine whether the claims raised in Ferguson=s amended petition are ones for which sovereign immunity has been waived and, if so, whether Ferguson has properly pled such claims so as to invoke jurisdiction in the trial court. See State Dep=t of Crim. Justice v. Miller, 51 S.W.3d 583, 587 (Tex. 2001)(finding that a mere reference to a basis for waiver of sovereign immunity in a petition is not enough to confer jurisdiction; the reviewing court must examine the scope of the waiver and whether the allegations in the petition fall within the scope of that waiver).
Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
The State may waive its sovereign immunity by express legislative permission via a resolution granting permission for a person to file suit in a specific case or by way of a statutory authorization for waiver, either in particular circumstances or as to specific governmental entities. Jones, 8 S.W.3d at 638; Missouri Pac. R.R. Co. v. Brownsville Navigation Dist., 453 S.W.2d 812, 813-14 (Tex. 1970); City of San Antonio v. Cortes, 5 S.W.3d 708, 711-12 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 1999, no pet.). Certain provisions of the Texas Constitution are self-enacting, and thus provide the right to bring an action against the government for violations of the provisions without the need for legislative consent. Steele v. City of Houston, 603 S.W.2d 786, 791 (Tex. 1980). However, suits brought pursuant to constitutional provisions are limited to equitable relief and do not allow a claim for monetary damages except to the extent specifically enunciated in the constitutional provision. City of Beaumont v. Buillion, 896 S.W.2d 143, 149 (Tex. 1995)(determining that no private right for damages was permitted for violations of state constitutional rights and vacating jury award of damages); O=Bryant v. City of Midland, 949 S.W.2d 406, 414 (Tex. App.BAustin 1997)(op. on reh=g), aff=d in part and rev=d in part on other grounds, 18 S.W.3d 209 (Tex. 2000)(holding that the state constitution did not authorize an action for an award of money, specifically an award of back pay, for violation of state constitutional rights); Fraiser v. Yanes, 9 S.W.3d 422, 427 (Tex. App.BAustin 1999, no pet.)(recognizing a Anarrow exception@ to the bar of money awards for constitutional violations in a suit for equitable relief to enforce a right to compensation specifically set forth in the constitution).[14]
Characterization of Suits and
Prohibition Against Seeking Monetary Damages

Certain actions against state officials have been found not to implicate the sovereign immunity doctrine, and for such actions, no consent is required. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm=n v. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d 849, 855 (Tex. 2002). Specifically, no consent is required when suit is filed seeking only a declaration or enforcement of rights. Id. This may be by way of a suit under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act or in a suit alleging ultra vires or unconstitutional deeds. The former are actions against the State or state officials to settle Auncertainty and insecurity with respects to rights, status, and other legal relations.@ Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '37.002 (b)(Vernon 1997). The latter are actions seeking declaratory relief against state officials who allegedly act without legal or statutory authority or who act pursuant to an unconstitutional law. Rylander v. Caldwell, 23 S.W.3d 132, 135-36 (Tex. App.BAustin 2000, no pet.); Bagg, 726 S.W.2d at 585-86. Suits that only seek to compel state officials to act within their official capacities do not attempt to subject the State to liability. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 855.
The Texas Supreme Court has consistently distinguished between suits in which only a declaration or enforcement of rights against the State is sought and suits seeking money damages against the State. Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 404; W. D. Haden Co. v. Dodgen, 158 Tex. 74, 308 S.W.2d 838, 841 (1958); Cobb v. Harrington, 144 Tex. 360, 190 S.W.2d 709, 712 (1945); see also Dewhurst v. Gulf Marine Inst. of Tech., 55 S.W.3d 91, 97 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 2001, pet. denied). The former are not considered suits against the State for damages, and so no legislative consent is required. Cobb, 190 S.W.2d at 712.
The supreme court has been adamant, however, that where a party brings a suit ostensibly to determine or protect rights but actually seeks monetary damages, sovereign immunity bars such a suit. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 856; Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 404; Dodgen, 308 S.W.2d at 841-42. That is because a suit for money damages attempts to control state action by imposing liability on the State. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 856. The supreme court has roundly condemned such actions, stating, Aprivate parties cannot circumvent the State=s sovereign immunity from suit by characterizing a suit for money damages, such as a contract dispute, as a declaratory judgment claim.@ Id. Therefore, sovereign immunity is not waived for a request for declaratory relief that also seeks money damages and such a suit can only be maintained with legislative consent. Id. at 860; see also Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 405 (even if party did not need legislative consent to pursue a suit to determine its rights, it needed legislative consent to seek its requested money damages from the State; lacking consent, the case was properly dismissed for want of jurisdiction); Denver City Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Moses, 51 S.W.3d 386, 392 (Tex. App.BAmarillo 2001, no pet.)(declaratory judgment action that also sought restitution was a suit for money damages over which the trial court had no subject matter jurisdiction absent the State=s consent to suit); TRST Corpus, Inc. v. Fin. Ctr., Inc., 9 S.W.3d 316, 323 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. denied)(a suit seeking a declaratory judgment of rights, money damages, and an order enforcing rights through injunction, judicial foreclosure, and/or constructive trust was a suit against the State for which sovereign immunity was not waived, and so could not be maintained without legislative permission).
The Burden on Plaintiffs
Accordingly, plaintiffs who sue the State under state law[15] must establish a waiver of sovereign immunity in order for the trial court to have jurisdiction, except where the suit is: (1) not actually a suit against the state, such as an ultra vires action or an action taken pursuant to an unconstitutional law, see Caldwell, 23 S.W.3d at 135-36; Bagg, 726 S.W.2d at 585-86; (2) does not seek to impose liability on the State, seek money damages against the State, or seek to control state action, as in a declaratory judgment suit, IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 855; or (3) a suit alleging constitutional violations of a self-enacting state constitutional provision and seeking the appropriate relief provided by such provision. Steele, 603 S.W.2d at 791.
However, in all other state actions against the State, the plaintiff must: (1) allege legislative consent to such suit in his petition, either by reference to statute or express legislative permission, Jones, 8 S.W.3d at 638, unless a pleading of consent is not required for the particular type of action;[16] and (2) plead facts which fall within the scope of the waiver relied on, Miller, 51 S.W.3d at 587. Aside from certain exceptions,[17] absent a pleading of consent in the petition, the trial court is without jurisdiction to hear the case. Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., 453 S.W.2d at 814; City of San Antonio v. Cortes, 5 S.W.2d 708,711-12 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 1999, pet. denied); Tex. Parks & Wildlife Dep=t. v. Garrett Place, 972 S.W.2d 140, 143 (Tex. App.BDallas 1998, no pet.); Holder v. Mellon Mortgage Co., 954 S.W.2d 786, 804 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1997, rev=d on other grounds, Mellon Mortgage Co. v. Holder, 5 S.W.3d 654 (Tex. 1999). Moreover, even if consent is pled in the petition, or when no specific pleading of consent is required, a plaintiff must still plead facts in the petition that fall within the scope of the consent relied upon. Miller, 51 S.W.3d at 587.
Ferguson=s Pleadings
As we have noted, the question before us is whether the plaintiff=s live pleadings before the trial court at the time of the plea to the jurisdiction, in this case, Ferguson=s amended petition, affirmatively demonstrate the court=s jurisdiction to hear the case. Id.; Baston, 49 S.W.3d at 427-28; City of Hidalgo Ambulance Serv. v. Lira, 17 S.W.3d 300, 304 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 2000, no pet.).
We observe initially that the petition makes no reference to any basis for waiver of sovereign immunity. Ferguson does not allege in his petition that Sheriff Olivarez acted ultra vires,18 does not claim any legislative or statutory consent to maintain his action, and specifically repudiates the County=s claim that this is an attempted appeal of the commission=s decision, for which there would be an express statutory waiver for an action against the County, assuming that the provisions of section 153.012 of the local government code are met. Tex. Loc. Gov=t Code Ann. '153.012 (Vernon 1999).
Moreover, review of the petition readily demonstrates it is a suit for money damages, not a suit for declaratory or injunctive relief. Ferguson makes no reference to a declaratory judgment and seeks no declaratory relief against the Sheriff or the County.19 As for injunctive relief, while in early portions of the petition Ferguson claims he is seeking a prospective injunction placing him in the position which he claims he was wrongfully denied in 1996, as well as reinstatement to the position from which he was terminated,20 Ferguson does not request the court to issue a permanent injunction reinstating him in his prior position or placing him in the disputed position. Instead, Ferguson asks that upon final trial he receive judgment for Athe value of the loss of the position of Training Officer@ and Aback and front pay,@21 among other money damages, as well as prejudgment and postjudgment interest on all damages. In determining the nature of a lawsuit, we do not rely on the terms used to describe the cause of action but rather consider the facts alleged in the petition, the rights asserted, and the relief sought. Karagounis v. Bexar County Hosp. Dist., 70 S.W.3d 145, 147 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 2001, pet. denied)(quoting Billings v. Concordia Heritage Ass=n, Inc., 960 S.W.2d 688, 693 (Tex. App.BEl Paso 1997, pet. denied)). We are mindful as well of the supreme court=s exhortation that parties may not Acircumvent the State=s sovereign immunity@ by bringing a suit whose essence is Afor a recovery of money from the State,@ Cobb, 190 S.W.2d. at 712, under the guise of a suit to determine or protect rights. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 855-56; see also Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 404. The suit in the instant case is one for money damages, and hence it cannot be maintained without legislative consent. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 855-56.
Ferguson=s AEnforcement@ Claims
The only allusion that Ferguson makes on appeal to some authority permitting the maintenance of his suit is a reference in his discussion of the second issue on appeal that he is entitled to Aseek equitable relief@ under article I, section 19 of the Texas Constitution, citing City of Midland v. O=Bryant, 18 S.W.3d 209 (Tex. 2000) for support. See Tex. Const. art. I, '19.22
We agree with Ferguson that the Texas Constitution permits a party to seek equitable relief for the violation of certain constitutional provisions, including article I, Section 19, even without legislative consent. Buillion, 896 S.W.2d at 149; Steele, 603 S.W.2d at 791. However, we do not find that Ferguson=s petition is such an action.
Review of the petition reveals that Ferguson does not claim violation of article I, section 19 of the Texas Constitution or, indeed, of violation of any constitutional provision of any sort. Having wholly failed to plead such a claim in his petition, Ferguson may not now rely on it as a basis for waiver of sovereign immunity. Perry v. Tex. A&I Univ., 737 S.W.2d 106, 109 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 1987, writ ref=d n.r.e.)(finding that where plaintiff did not allege a violation of constitutional or property rights in her petition against a university, but instead sought to impose liability and recover in monetary damages, the trial court did not err in granting a plea to the jurisdiction since there was no pleading that took the plaintiff out of the general rule that trial courts have no jurisdiction to impose liability on the State without legislative consent). It is axiomatic that a trial court cannot have jurisdiction over a claim that was never pled. See Hicks v. Lamar Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist., 943 S.W.2d 540, 543 (Tex. App.BEastland 1997, no writ)(holding that where plaintiff on appeal asserted exceptions which would permit the trial court to have jurisdiction, but had failed to allege the exceptions in his petition before the trial court, jurisdiction did not lie).
Additionally, we note that Ferguson sought money damages, not equitable relief, in his suit. Although a request for money damages does not affect the jurisdiction of the trial court over a claim of a violation of article I, section 19, even when the State is a defendant,23 there is no right to a money judgment for such a violation. Tex. A&M Sys. v. Luxemburg, No. 14-00-00105-CV, 2002 Tex. App. LEXIS 7058, at *31-32 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.], October 3, 2002, no pet. h.)(reversing award of Aback salary and attendant benefits@ against university system for violation of right of due course of law under state constitution because constitution does not provide right of action for damages); Univ. of Tex. Sys. v. Courtney, 946 S.W.2d 464, 469 (Tex. App.BFort Worth 1997, writ denied)(op. on reh=g)(claim could not be brought against university system for monetary, non-equitable damages under the state constitution=s due process provision); Alcorn v. Vaksman, 877 S.W.2d 390, 404 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 1994, writ denied)(en banc)(holding university officials immune in their official capacities for monetary claims based on violations of the state constitution); accord Tex. State Employees= Union/CWA Local 6184 v. Tex. Workforce Comm=n, 16 S.W.3d 61, 67 (Tex. App.BAustin 2000, no pet.)(where appellants sought equitable relief in form of order reinstating them to jobs rather than monetary damages, relief sought was permissible under article I, section 19).
There are certain actions for which the legislature has expressly waived sovereign immunity and permitted a plaintiff to subject the State to suit and liability for back and front pay and other monetary damages related to employment, as well as for injunctive relief, such as actions under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act24 or the Texas Whistleblower Act.25 Tex. Lab. Code Ann. ''21.002(8)(C),(D), 21.051, 21.258(b), 21.2585, 21.259 (Vernon 1996 & Supp. 2002); Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ''554.001, 554.003, 554.0035 (Vernon 1994 & Supp. 2002). Ferguson=s Aenforcement@ claims, however, are not brought pursuant to these acts or any other for which the legislature has provided a waiver of sovereign immunity.
Thus, since the petition in the instant suit attempts to subject a governmental unit to liability for money damages without the necessary legislative consent, the face of Ferguson=s pleadings affirmatively demonstrate a lack of jurisdiction in the trial court. IT-Davy, 74 S.W.3d at 855-56; Fed. Sign, 951 S.W.2d at 405; Moses, 51 S.W.3d at 392; TRST Corpus, 9 S.W.3d at 323.
Ferguson=s Tort Claims
Furthermore, as to Ferguson=s claims of tortious actions, specifically, Aintentional infliction of emotional distress@ and Anegligent violation of employment policies,@ we note that Ferguson does not assert that the Texas Tort Claims Act26 provides the necessary waiver to maintain such action. In any case, such a claim would not avail him as to either alleged tort as neither falls within the scope of such act.
As to the intentional tort, the Texas Tort Claims Act specifically preserves sovereign immunity as to intentional torts. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '101.057(2) (Vernon 1997). Thus sovereign immunity is not waived for a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress.
As to the negligence claim, assuming that a claim of Anegligent violation of employment policies@ is an attempt to raise a claim of negligent implementation of a discretionary policy, Ferguson has failed both to state a claim and to plead facts that would support such a claim. Negligent implementation of policy is a theory of liability predicated on the distinction between negligent formulation of discretionary policy, for which sovereign immunity is preserved, and negligent implementation of that same formulated discretionary policy, for which it is not. City of Brownsville v. Alvarado, 897 S.W.2d 750, 754 (Tex. 1995). To state a negligent implementation claim, a plaintiff must identify a particular policy adopted by the governmental unit and state facts which raise a claim that the policy was negligently carried out at the operational level. See Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. Crossland, 781 S.W.2d 427, 433 (Tex. App.BFort Worth 1989, writ denied)(holding that allegation of a general policy to warn of danger did not make the State liable for the particular decision to design a bridge without lights); Waco v. Hester, 805 S.W.2d 807, 812-13 (Tex. App.BWaco 1990, writ denied)(finding that a claim of negligent implementation of policy was asserted when the plaintiff complained of specific violations of implementation of the city jail=s policy regarding segregation of prisoners).
Ferguson made no assertions of negligent implementation in his petition. He did not allege any negligent implementation of any County policy, nor did he identify any policy that the County adopted or plead any facts that would demonstrate the violation of such policy. In short, Ferguson did not raise a claim of negligent implementation of policy in his petition and so may not rely on it to establish jurisdiction in the trial court. See Tex. Dep=t of Transp. v. Bederka, 36 S.W.3d 266, 272 (Tex. App.BBeaumont 2001, no pet.)(finding that a petition did not state a claim for negligent implementation where it contained no allegation that governmental unit made a policy decision to perform a discretionary act but failed to implement that decision); Hicks, 943 S.W.2d at 543.
Moreover, even if such a claim had been made, the assertion of a negligent implementation theory of liability arises only after a plaintiff has properly asserted a waiver of immunity under section 101.021 of the tort claims act.27 Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '101.021 (Vernon 1997); City of Orange v. Jackson, 927 S.W.2d 784, 786 (Tex. App.BBeaumont 1996, no writ). Since Ferguson did not assert any claim that fell within the scope of section 101.021 of the tort claims act, the theory of negligent implementation liability does not arise in this case. Jackson, 927 S.W.2d at 786. Accordingly, there is no waiver of sovereign immunity as to Ferguson=s tort claims.
We sustain appellants= first issue.
APPELLANTS= SECOND ISSUE
As our resolution of appellants= first issue is dispositive, we need not address appellants= second issue. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.1.
CONCLUSION
Having determined that Ferguson failed to state a claim for which sovereign immunity is waived, we must now decide whether his petition is incurably defective or whether, under the facts alleged in his petition, the petition might be amended to allege a cause of action within the trial court=s jurisdiction. See Brown, 80 S.W.3d at 555; Peek, 779 S.W.2d at 805.
As we have noted, Ferguson=s suit is one for damages and thus cannot be maintained without legislative consent. As Ferguson has never claimed, either to the trial court or this Court, to have legislative consent for this suit, we conclude that it is not possible for the petition to be amended to confer jurisdiction on the trial court. City of Houston v. Northwood Mun. Util. Dist. No. 1, 73 S.W.3d 304, 313 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 2001, pet. denied); TRST Corpus, 9 S.W.3d at 323-24.
We sustain appellants= first issue on appeal, reverse the trial court=s order denying the plea to the jurisdiction, and render judgment dismissing Ferguson=s claims against appellants for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
ERRLINDA CASTILLO
Justice
Publish.
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).

Opinion delivered and filed
this 27th day of November, 2002.
[1] Retired Justice Melchor Chavez assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas pursuant to Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. '74.003 (Vernon 1998).
2 We have jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal pursuant to section 51.014(a)(8) of the civil practice and remedies code, which provides that an appeal may be taken from an interlocutory order that grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit as defined in section 101.001. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '' 51.014(a)(8), 101.001 (Vernon Supp. 2002). It is undisputed that the City is such a governmental unit.
[3] At the time, an individual other than Larry Olivarez held the office of sheriff.
[4] The petition did not specify whether Larry Olivarez was being sued in his official or individual capacity.
[5] In his amended petition, Ferguson asserted that the bases for the disciplinary actions were Abogus@ and that he was treated disparately. He also alleged that the reasons given for his termination were a pretext for discrimination and retaliation.
[6] Ferguson did not provide any more specifics in the petition about the temporary injunction being sought.
[7] The docket sheet indicates that appellants filed a plea in bar of jurisdiction with the original answer on December 31, 1999 and a first amended plea in bar of jurisdiction on September 11, 2000 in conjunction with their first amended answer. No hearings appear to have been held on these prior pleadings, and neither the docket sheet nor the record before us reflects any other filings of pleas to the jurisdiction.
[8] Section 158.012, titled AAppeals,@ reads:

(a) A county employee who, on a final decision by the commission, is demoted, suspended, or removed from the employee=s position may appeal the decision by filing a petition in a district court in the county within 30 days after the date of the decision.

(b) An appeal under this section is under the substantial evidence rule, and the judgment of the district court is appealable as in other civil cases.

(c) If the district court renders judgment for the petitioner, the court may order reinstatement of the employee, payment of back pay, or other appropriate relief.

Tex. Loc. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 158.012 (Vernon 1999).
[9] We must take all factual allegations pled as true, unless the defendant pleads and proves that the allegations were fraudulently made in order to confer jurisdiction. Cont=l Coffee Prods. Co. v. Cazarez, 937 S.W.2d 444, 449 (Tex. 1996). Appellants have not asserted that Ferguson made any fraudulent allegations for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction.
[10] Sovereign immunity does not, however, apply to actions taken pursuant to the application of an unconstitutional law, even though the actions are within the scope of a person=s official capacity and are mandated by law. Rylander v. Caldwell, 23 S.W.3d 132, 135-36 (Tex. App.BAustin 2000, no pet.).
[11] The Dallas court of appeals, in Smith v. Davis, interpreted Kmeic as holding that a governmental employee sued in an official capacity Amay in some cases enjoy the protections of sovereign immunity to the extent those protections are available to his employer,A namely, @when the governmental unit is made a party to suit.@ Smith v. Davis, 999 S.W.2d 409, 413, 416-417 (Tex. App.BDallas 1999, no pet.)(emphasis added). We disagree. We note that Smith relies on Kmeic for this proposition, yet while in Kmeic the governmental unit was a party to the suit, this fact was not relied upon as a prerequisite to application of the protection of sovereign immunity to a governmental official sued in an official capacity. See City of Hempstead v. Kmeic, 902 S.W.2d 118, 122 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 1995, no writ). Nor has this Court imposed such a requirement. Thomas v. Collins, 853 S.W.2d 53, 55 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 1993, writ denied)(finding suit not maintainable on grounds of sovereign immunity in suit filed only against director of Texas Department of Corrections in an official capacity). More importantly, since a suit against a person in an official capacity is simply another way of asserting a suit against the state, then if no suit against the state may lie due to sovereign immunity, no suit may lie against a person sued only in an official capacity. Kmeic, 902 S.W.2d at 122; see also McCartney v. May, 50 S.W.3d 599, 605-06 (Tex. App.BAmarillo 2001, no pet.)(disagreeing with Davis and holding that governmental employees were entitled to summary judgment in their official capacities, based on sovereign immunity, even though the state agency for whom they were employed was not a party to the suit); Alcorn v. Vaksman, 877 S.W.2d 390, 403 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 1994, writ denied)(en banc)(finding that state employees were entitled to sovereign immunity when sued in official capacities for acts performed within the scope of their authority, even though the state was not named as a defendant). We agree with the May court that whether the governmental unit is named as a party or not does not affect the ability of an employee of that unit to rely on the defense of sovereign immunity as to claims against the person in an official capacity. May, 50 S.W.3d at 606.
[12] Ideally, in order to avoid confusion, the relevant capacity should be included in the style of the suit when filed. Morris v. Collins, 916 S.W.2d 527, 530 n.2 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.] 1995, no writ)(O=Conner, J., concurring).
[13] Nevertheless, Olivarez did file a general denial in answer to the suit jointly with Nueces County.
[14] Yanes involved a suit under article III, section 52(e) of the Texas Constitution, which deals with payments of medical expenses by counties for county law enforcement officials injured in the course of official duties. Fraiser v. Yanes, 9 S.W.3d 422, 424 (Tex. App.BAustin 1999, no pet); see Tex. Const. art. III, '52(e).
[15] The State may be sued for federal constitutional violations or under certain federal statutes which provide for a waiver of sovereign immunity. See Morris, 916 S.W.2d at 531 (noting sovereign immunity does not bar federal civil rights claims and violations of federal due process).
[16] It is not necessary to specifically plead consent in a petition where there is a general statutory right to bring suit against a particular governmental entity or a particular type of claim. Missouri Pac. R.R. Co. v. Brownsville Navigation Dist., 453 S.W.2d 812, 813-14 (Tex. 1970); City of San Antonio v. Cortes, 5 S.W.3d 708,711-12 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 1999, no pet.).
[17] See footnote 16.
18 Moreover, an ultra vires suit may not be maintained against an official in his official capacity; such a suit may only be brought against an official in his individual capacity. Dillard v. Austin Indep. Sch. Dist., 806 S.W.2d 589, 597-98 (Tex. App.BAustin 1991, writ denied); Bagg v. Univ. of Tex. Med. Branch at Galveston, 726 S.W.2d 582, 584-85 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1987, writ ref=d n.r.e.). The exception to this rule is when the claim made is that the official was acting within the scope of official authority but pursuant to an unconstitutional law. Camacho v. Samaniego, 954 S.W.2d 811, 821 (Tex. App.BEl Paso 1997, writ denied).
19 Nor is this a suit for mandamus. Ferguson=s petition to the trial court did not request mandamus relief, and his brief before this Court is not an original proceeding brought pursuant to appellate rule 52. See Tex. R. App. P. 52. Ferguson appears before us in this appeal solely in his status as appellee in an interlocutory appeal in a suit for damages. We express no opinion as to whether mandamus would have been appropriate under the facts of this case if a petition for mandamus relief, rather than a suit for monetary damages had been sought, although we note that a sister court of appeals recently reversed a trial court that refused to grant a writ of mandamus to compel a sheriff to abide by a decision issued by the civil service commission. See Sheppard v. Thomas, No. 01-01-00822-CV, 2002 Tex. App. LEXIS 7279 (Tex. App.BHouston [1st Dist.], October 10, 2002, no pet. h.).
20 We note that if Ferguson had sought injunctive relief, the trial court would have been faced with a request that Ferguson both be reinstated to the position from which he was terminated while simultaneously being placed in the position he was denied. Since the alluded-to injunctive relief was never requested in the petition and Ferguson instead sought a money judgment, the trial court was never faced with this conundrum. We note too that the first alluded-to potential injunctive request (placement in a disputed position) would have been an attempt to control state action and thus barred by sovereign immunity. See King v. Tex. Dep=t of Human Servs., 28 S.W.3d 27, 33 (Tex. App.BAustin 2000, no pet.)(finding the trial court had no jurisdiction over a request for injunctive relief placing plaintiff in position which he claimed he was deprived of because of discrimination, as such request was barred by sovereign immunity).
21 A claim for back pay, other than one to recover for services rendered or to prevent unjust enrichment, is a claim for damages at law. See Securtec, Inc. v. County of Gregg, No. 06-01-00164-CV, 2002 Tex. App. LEXIS 5991 at *22 (Tex. App.BTexarkana, August 20, 2002, no pet. h.)(claim seeking back pay for denial of an opportunity to perform a contract was one for legal, not equitable, relief); see also Jackson v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., 994 S.W.2d 396, 400 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1999, no pet.)(A . . . although couched in terms of >injunctive relief= . . . a claim for back pay constitutes a claim for damages under Texas law . . .@)(in case seeking back pay for deprivation of Acorrect salary@ resulting from employer=s refusal to reclassify position and adjust pay grade); O=Bryant v. City of Midland, 949 S.W.2d 406, 414 (Tex. App.BAustin 1997)(op. on reh=g), aff=d in part and rev=d in part on other grounds, 18 S.W.3d 209 (Tex. 2000)(finding that request for back pay for officers who had been prevented from serving as licensed peace officers was a claim for damages, not equity, noting that action for monetary relief is action at law rather than in equity); see also Huckabay v. Moore, 142 F.3d 233, 242 n.10 (5th Cir. 1998)(noting that even though back pay is considered an Aequitable award@ under the Texas Human Rights Act, that does not mean that a claim for back pay is not an action at law).
22 This is the Adue course of law@ provision and reads, ANo citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disenfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.@ Tex. Const. art. III, '19.
23 A suit brought for a violation of article I, section 19 of the constitution that seeks money damages would not be barred by sovereign immunity as the constitution itself provides a waiver of sovereign immunity for violations of this provision. Steele v. City of Houston, 603 S.W.2d 786, 791 (Tex. 1980); Tex. State Employees= Union/CWA Local 6184 v. Tex. Workforce Comm=n, 16 S.W.3d 61, 67 (Tex. App.BAustin 2000, no pet.). However, claims for money damages in such a suit would be subject to summary judgment. Vaksman, 877 S.W.2d at 404.
24 Tex. Lab. Code Ann. '' 21.001-.556 (Vernon 1996 & Supp. 2002).

In fact, Ferguson alleged in his amended petition that he was seeking a right to sue from the Corpus Christi Human Relations Commission and would amend his pleading on receipt of notice; however no allegation of any violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act is raised in the amended petition.
25 Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. '' 554.001-.010 (Vernon 1996 & Supp. 2002).
26 As a general rule, governmental entities are immune from tort liability under the doctrine of sovereign immunity unless the legislature has waived immunity. Harris County v. Dillard, 883 S.W.2d 166, 168 (Tex. 1994). The Texas Tort Claims Act provides for a limited waiver of sovereign immunity for certain tortious acts. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. '101.021 (Vernon 1997). Whether a particular claim falls into any of the exceptions from the general doctrine of sovereign immunity provided for in the Texas Tort Claims Act is entirely dependent on the statutory language. Dallas County Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Bossley, 968 S.W.2d 339, 341 (Tex. 1998).
27 The Texas Tort Claims Act provides that governmental units are liable for:

(1) property damage, personal injury, and death proximately caused by the wrongful act or omission or the negligence of an employee acting within his scope of employment if:

(A) the property damage, personal injury, or death arises from the operation or use of a motor‑driven vehicle or motor‑driven equipment; and

(B) the employee would be personally liable to the claimant according to Texas law; and

(2) personal injury and death so caused by a condition or use of tangible personal or real property if the government unit would, were it a private person, be liable to the claimant according to Texas law.

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. ' 101.021 (Vernon 1997).