Assegai, Shakazulu VII v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County

Affirmedand Opinion filed December 19, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-00088-CV

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SHAKAZULU ASSEGAI, VII, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 152nd District Court

Harris  County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 01-51491

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant Shakazulu Assegai, VII, pro se, appeals from the dismissal of his claims against the State of Texas. Appellant=s petition below and appellate brief in this Court include various allegations regarding the slave trade, discrimination since his birth in 1945, and the Ku Klux Klan. Because he sued the State of Texas for monetary damages of $28 million,[1] he was required to allege legislative consent. See Federal Sign v. Texas Southern University, 951 S.W.2d 401, 405 (Tex. 1997). He did not, and the trial court granted the State=s plea to the jurisdiction asserting sovereign immunity.

On appeal, appellant presents no argument or authorities establishing any such waiver. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

/s/ Scott Brister

Chief Justice

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed December 19, 2002.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Hudson and Fowler.

Do Not Publish CTex. R. App. P. 47.3(b).

[1] His brief in this Court asserts the considerably lower amount of only $11.2 million.