Shirley Pigott MD

301 Woodway
Victoria, Texas 77904
March 23, 2009
The Honorable Eric Holder
United States Attorney General
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Dear Attorney General Holder,

I am a sixty year old physician who has practiced primary care for twenty-five years in Victoria, Texas.
The Texas Medical Board (TMB) is retaliating against me because I am openly speaking my belief that
they are involved in inter-agency corruption. No formal charges have been made against me, but a board
attorney asserts that I have a deteriorating mental state based on the opinions of their appointed experts.
They cite my free speech as evidence I am a danger to the public and plan to suspend my medical
license on that basis on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

My personal physician and I agree that I am of sound mind, practice medicine with skill and safety, and
am an asset to my patients and community. He has taken care of me for seven years and knows me well.

Circumstantial evidence suggests Texas Department of Public Safety officers (DPS), Trooper Alfred
Ochoa and Sgt Daniel Terronez were hired to intimidate me on the evening of September 29, 2007, while
I was on my way to a medical meeting in another state. I was to confront a doctor I believed had illegal
influence over a TMB member. The officers were aggressive and alarmed me; I fled the scene in fear of
my life when Sgt. Terronez began bashing in my car window. In my rush to escape, I almost collided with
a speeding 18-wheeler. I interpreted the incident as an attempt on my life and reported it to DPS Internal
Affairs.

There was no investigation, rather, accelerated retaliation by both the TMB and DPS. Nine months after
the original incident I was indicted for "aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty
with a deadly weapon", my Toyota Prius. My car was seized after a warrantless search of my private
financial information showed sufficient equity to make the vehicle "worth seizing", according to my former
attorney.

Officer Alfred Ochoa swore I tried to run him down, although he was nowhere near the trajectory of my
car. When I stopped at the next lighted, populated area, I was arrested, incarcerated, and charged.

Since then, I and two other witnesses have seen an email exchange between Captain Patrick Mulligan,
the officers' supervisor, the nurse of a now resigned TMB member, and the 329th district judge. The judge
forwarded the email to the 329th district attorney who is prosecuting me. They all deny it exists and the
DA refused to produce it even though the judge ordered him to.

My husband committed suicide on January 8, 2008, shortly after telling me, "You are going to lose
your medical license, go to prison, and bankrupt our family." My three sons, my patients, and I have all
suffered irreparable harm due to the TMB and DPS who I believe are in continuing collusion to harm me.

My own investigation of the TMB has yielded evidence that they refuse to discipline bad doctors, but
persecute good doctors who cross them. Unless they are restrained or enjoined against their ongoing
violation of my civil rights, innocent people will be further traumatized. The TMB will continue to imperil the
lives of Texans. Please act urgently to prevent this from happening.
Sincerely,

Shirley Pigott MD

AFFIDAVIT

State of Texas, County of Victoria

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary, _______________________________, on this 23rd day of

March, 2009, personally appeared Shirley Pigott, known to me to be a credible person and of lawful age,
who being by me first duly sworn, on her oath, deposes and says:

Under penalty of perjury, I swear I am of sound mind and that the statements made above are true
and correct. My opinions are based on producible evidence and reflect what I truly believe. The welfare of
my patients depends on my continued availability to provide their medical care. Innocent people will
be subjected to unjust harm unless the actions of the Texas Medical Board to suspend, restrict, or revoke
my medical license are restrained or enjoined prior to Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

__________________________________ (signature of affiant)

Shirley Pigott MD

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 23rd day of March, 2009, by _______________________.
(Personalized Seal)

______________________
Notary Public's Signature