ROMERO v. BROWN

No. 18-20157.

937 F.3d 514 (2019)

Christina ROMERO; Gary Adan Cruz, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellant v. Amanda BROWN; Nicole Mouton; Roland Benavides; Robert Ruiz; City of Houston; Does One Through Ten, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Andrew Rose, Jr., Esq. , League City, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ari Cuenin , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Eric Alan Hudson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Benjamin Storey Lyles , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Amanda Brown, Nicole Mouton.

Robert William Higgason , City of Houston, Legal Department, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Officer Roland Benavides, Officer Robert Ruiz, City of Houston, Does 1 Through 10.

Before KING, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Christina Romero and Gary Adan Cruz are the parents of seven children. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services received information that Cruz was abusing Romero. It ordered Cruz to move away from the apartment where Romero and their children lived. He complied. More than a month later, a social worker and...

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