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HOUSTON - The Houston-area probate judge accused of estate trafficking and racketeering is disputing the allegations of a Texas physician who sued in federal court after her 91-year-old mother Hattie Owens died under court-appointed guardianship, a press release states.
As previously reported in the SE Texas Record, Dr. Sheila Owens Collins sued Harris County Probate Judge Michael Newman, individually and in his official capacity in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Oct. 22, 2020.
“Judge Newman is entitled to judicial immunity on all of Plaintiff’s claims against him, wrote Attorney Rachel Fraser in Judge Newman’s Feb. 19 Motion to Dismiss. Judge Newman seeks a judgment that Plaintiff takes nothing against him.”