The filing of a civil lawsuit against Texas Department of Criminal Justice and 33 past and present employees at the William P. Clements Unit on the behalf of the estate of former prisoner Alton Rodgers and his mother, Gwendolyn Dolores Rodgers Patrick, is planned for Monday. Amarillo attorney Jesse Quackenbush said the complaint he intends to file alleges that Rodgers was suffering from tuberculosis, which went untreated by TDCJ staff. “To deny this type of medical care is without a doubt a crime against humanity,” Quackenbush told the Amarillo Globe-News on Saturday. read more