COX v. NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 16-40141 Summary Calendar.

839 F.3d 418 (2016)

Elmer COX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; Jim Kaelin, Individually, Defendants-Appellees. Thomas Burnside, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nueces County, Texas; Jim Kaelin, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher John Gale , Gale Law Group, Corpus Christi, TX, for Elmer Cox and Thomas Burnside.

Keith B. Sieczkowski, Esq. , Branscomb, P.C., Brian Charles Miller , Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, TX, for Nueces County, Texas.

Keith B. Sieczkowski, Esq. , Branscomb, P.C., Corpus Christi, TX, for Jim Kaelin.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Elmer Cox and Thomas Burnside appeal a summary judgment on their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

Cox and Burnside worked for the Nueces County Sheriff's Department: Burnside in the Patrol Division, Cox in the DEA Taskforce. They were re-assigned to the Nueces County Jail...

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