Federal Civil Action Estevane v. Dolgencorp Filed Against Dollar General

A new federal civil action, Estevane v. Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Dollar General, was filed Feb. 19, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and is listed as case no. 3:26-cv-00553 on public docket aggregation services. The only public record supplied for the filing is the case caption, court and filing date; the complaint text, plaintiff counsel, and claims were not included in the available capture.

The limited public listing for Estevane stands alongside a cluster of recent and historical Texas litigation involving Dolgencorp of Texas. In a separate matter, Urias v. Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. was removed to federal court on Dec. 18, 2025 and appears on a Western District docket as case no. 3:26-cv-00175. Pacermonitor’s capture of the Urias docket shows "NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Dollar General (Filing fee $405 receipt number ATXWDC-21122488), filed by Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Dollar General.(Cerda, Alexander)." That docket also records a First Amended Complaint filed by Maria Urias on Feb. 13, 2026 and an order signed Feb. 6, 2026 by Judge David C. Guaderrama requiring the parties to file a joint Rule 26(f) report and proposed scheduling order with a deadline of March 9, 2026.

State-court litigation against Dolgencorp of Texas has continued in Harris County. Radar’s summary shows Janice Walder filed a premises-injury action against Dolgencorp of Texas Inc d/b/a Dollar General in Harris County on Jan. 29, 2026, assigned county case number 202605944, with plaintiff counsel Arian H. Khorrami and claims listed as personal injury and property and premises liability.

The company’s recent filings echo procedural dynamics from prior Texas federal suits. In Standifer v. Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc., the company removed a state-court slip-and-fall case to federal court on Jan. 12, 2023 after receiving a settlement demand of $120,000; the Magistrate Judge later wrote "the undersigned RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) be GRANTED" in a Report and Recommendation filed Apr. 18, 2023. The Standifer docket capture shows the plaintiff had alleged residency in McLennan County, Texas and had pleaded damages under $250,000 pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 47(c) while also stating in the complaint that "the amount in controversy is not greater than $75,000.00."

Looking further back, Clearinghouse records show an EEOC enforcement action against Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc., PACER 4:04-cv-03787, with an original complaint filed Sept. 29, 2004 and a consent decree docketed Feb. 28, 2006. CourtListener records list an FLSA action, L. Scott v. Dolgencorp, Inc., filed May 20, 2010 and terminated April 4, 2011 in the Western District of Texas.

For Estevane, the public trace currently consists only of the Northern District case number and filing date; no attorney entries, docket text beyond the initial filing, or allegations were supplied in the aggregation capture. The Urias entries demonstrate the kinds of procedural steps that follow removal and initial filings - notice of removal with filing-fee metadata, amended pleadings, and court orders setting a joint Rule 26(f) report and scheduling deadlines - and provide a concrete frame for how the Estevane docket could develop as the Northern District entries populate with counsel, pleadings and scheduling orders.