A Beaumont federal court hearing scheduled on Jan. 14 motions to dismiss claims in a sprawling complaint filed by two African-American plaintiffs. Their complaint alleges more than 30 defendants, motivated by racial animus, engaged in a civil conspiracy and that well-known plaintiff lawyer Wayne Reaud acted as “one of the ringleaders.”
Reaud and others have asked the judge to dismiss claims based on the Texas Citizens Participation Act (also known as the anti-SLAPP statute), which allows a judge to dismiss frivolous lawsuits filed against one who speaks out about a “matter of public concern.”
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