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PIOTROWSKI v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 93-2938.

51 F.3d 512 (1995)

Barbara PIOTROWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HOUSTON and the Houston Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn Kay Lahr, Sumner & Schick, Dallas, TX, for appellant.

Andrea Chan, Arthur L. Pertile, III, Asst. City Atty., Houston, TX, for appellees.

Before SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and BERRIGAN, District Judge.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Barbra Piotrowski appeals the district court's dismissal of her civil rights suit against the City of Houston (the "City"),1 which she brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). We modify and affirm.

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In 1980, gunmen shot Barbra Piotrowski in an attempt to kill her.2 According to Piotrowski's complaint, Rick Waring told officers of the Houston Police Department...

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