# Jackson v. Grider

> Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · November 29, 1984 · 691 P.2d 468

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9623673

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert Earl JACKSON, Appellant, v. John GRIDER, Deputy Director; John Herdt, Superintendent; Les Crabtree, Assistant Superintendent; Ron Champion, Case Manager; Kent Santee, Case Manager; Donald Henry, Case Manager; Iris Jean Sims, Officer; All in Their Official Capacities at Thunderbird Community Treatment Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** November 29, 1984
- **Citations:** 691 P.2d 468
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Bacon
- **Judges:** Means, Bacon, Reif
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BACON, Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion and the view expressed in the special concurring opinion. Courts have long failed to exercise the intestinal fortitude needed to discourage frivolous lawsuits such as the present one. Both trial and appellate courts are absolutely inundated with meritorious lawsuits pending between tax-paying citizens. The time and expense expended on frivolous lawsuits, such as the present one, make a mockery of the legal system.
In this case, an armed robber, convicted and sentenced to thirty years in prison, sued defendants for not providing him with transportation to his liking to and from school. The robber also complained that he had to pay for some of his own meals while going to school. Such ludicrous complaints do not deserve the time and expense needed to dispose of such suits. This robber must realize that he is a convicted felon. He is not on a taxpayer’s scholarship to a state-supported educational institution, but is an inmate at an institution for convicted felons.
I would further assess attorney’s fees and costs against this inmate to be collected from any funds he may have, including any institutional accounts.

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