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SMITH v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 19-20194.

956 F.3d 311 (2020)

Jacqueline SMITH, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Danarian Hawkins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 15, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Couvillon Eikel , Thomas M. Gutting , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Ranjana Natarajan , University of Texas School of Law, Peter Steffensen , Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Laura Beckman Hedge , County Attorney's Office for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, Fred Alton Keys, Jr., Esq. , Fred Keys Consulting, L.L.C., Sonoita, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KING, COSTA, and HO, Circuit Judges.

Danarian Hawkins committed suicide while incarcerated in the Harris County Jail. Jacqueline Smith, his mother, is now suing Harris County for compensatory damages under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. These laws allow Smith to recover damages only if she can prove that...

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