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ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Lufkin attorney Robert Flournoy has dropped the lawsuit filed against county commissioners in July 2022. Flournoy had accused court members of covering up their own misconduct when the commissioners fired Chuck Walker as the county's road engineer in March 2022 and then replaced him. Flournoy said the county commissioners hiring of James McMullen as the county's new road engineer is Illegal and ineffective without a public finding that the commissioners court is 'unable" to hire an engineer. Flournoy was asking for the district court to reinstate Walker with back pay until a proper hearing is allowed.