Travis County District Judge Can’t Shake ‘Vexatious Litigant’ Title

A Travis County district court judge who had argued a statute that allowed her to be deemed a vexatious litigant was unconstitutional lost that fight Monday when a Fifth Circuit panel affirmed dismissal of the lawsuit.

Judge Madeleine Connor, who has presided over the 353^rd district court in Travis County since 2021, was among a group of six plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against those they said were responsible for enforcing the statute they allege is unconstitutional: local administrative judge for Smith County, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson, Smith County District Clerk Penny Clarkston and the administrative director of the state’s Office of Court Administration, Megan LaVoie.