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CITY OF HOUSTON FACES FEDERAL LAWSUIT FOR FORCING AN OFFICER TO SEPARATE FROM HIS FAMILY

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The City of Houston has been sued by a Houston Police Officer for a distressing and inexcusable violation of his constitutional rights. The City issued a "No Contact Order," mandating that the officer would have no communication whatsoever with his wife—despite having a home and son together. An experienced and accomplished officer could be fired for communicating with his own family. Texas law upholds the right to privacy and respects the sanctity of marriage. An intrusion into a marriage, such as this, is in no way supported by either state or federal law. The City refused the officer's request to rescind the order and is causing irreparable damage to his young son — who has not seen his father for 108 days and counting. This federal lawsuit seeks to have a judge quickly negate the City's overstep and to penalize the City with monetary damages in hopes that they will not attempt to force familial separations on others in the future.


James Wood, Attorney for the Plaintiff, says, "On the coattails of our recent win against the City of Austin for another strikingly similar No-Contact Order, I am confident that the City of Houston will be held accountable for this indefensible violation of constitutional rights."



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Attorney James Wood is located in Austin, Texas, and serves the communities of Central and Southeast Texas, including Houston, San Antonio, Round Rock, San Marcos, Georgetown, New Braunfels, Temple, Killeen, Leander, Bastrop, Lakeway, Lago Vista, Marble Falls as well as Williamson County, Travis County, Hays County, Bastrop County, Blanco County, Comal County, Guadalupe County, Llano County, Harris County, Bell County, Bexar County, Montgomery County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County and Liberty County. Areas of legal practice include car crashes, accidents, wrecks, injuries, slip and falls, premises liability, products liability, consumer law and DTPA for deceptive trade practices and vehicle purchases, death, wills, probate, inheritance and estates.

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