MASON v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOL. GOVERNMENT

No. 14-30021.

806 F.3d 268 (2015)

Brenda MASON, Individually and on behalf of Quamaine Dwayne Mason; Billy C. Mason, Individually and on behalf of Quamaine Dwayne Mason, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT; James P. Craft, In His Official Capacity as Chief of Police; Martin Faul, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Charles Laborde , Laborde Law Firm, L.L.C., Jeffery F. Speer, Esq. (argued), Doucet-Speer, A.P.L.C., Lafayett, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John Fayne Wilkes, III (argued), Joy C. Rabalais , Borne, Wilkes, Rabalais & Smith, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


Officer Martin Faul fatally shot Quamaine Mason while responding to a reported armed robbery. Mr. Mason's parents, Brenda and Billy Mason (together, the Masons), sued Faul asserting Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment violations. The Masons also brought Monell1 claims...

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