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HYATT v. THOMAS

No. 15-10708.

843 F.3d 172 (2016)

Randi HYATT, individually, as the next friend of her minor child C.W.H., and as the representative of the Estate of Jason Hyatt; Lea Wilkins, as the representative of her minor child C.H.; Alexis Hyatt; Vickie Dear, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Brianna THOMAS; Charles Turner; Mark Admire; Brandy Cauble, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 18, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Edwards , Scott Charles Medlock , Edwards Law, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles Clark Self, III, Esq. , Whitten, Hacker, Hagin, Anderson, Allen & Self, P.C., Abilene, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

John R. Eldridge , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Texas Civil Rights Project, Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

The family of Jason Hyatt appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Officer Brianna Thomas on their § 1983 claim related to Hyatt's suicide while in police custody. Because we find that Thomas responded reasonably to Hyatt's known suicide risk, we hold that she was not deliberately indifferent...

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