DYER v. HOUSTON

No. 19-10280.

955 F.3d 501 (2020)

Kathy DYER; Robert Dyer, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Graham Dyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard HOUSTON; Alan Gafford; Zachary Scott; William Heidelburg; Paul Polish; Joe Baker, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Hutchison , James Robert Hudson , Hutchison & Stoy, P.L.L.C., Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joe C. Tooley, Esq. , Rockwall, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs Kathy and Robert Dyer ("the Dyers") appeal the dismissal on qualified immunity grounds of their deliberate-indifference claims against paramedics and police officers employed by the City of Mesquite, Texas. The Dyers' claims arise out of the death of their 18-year-old son, Graham, from self-inflicted...

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