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SANCHEZ v. YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 19-10222.

956 F.3d 785 (2020)

Nichole SANCHEZ; Casy Simpson; Edward Laroy Simpson, II, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Diana Lynn Simpson, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS; Young County Sheriff's Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Lynne Stetson , Jamie D. Matuska , Bernsen Law Firm, Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr. , Kevin C. Smith , Litigation Counsel, Brackett & Ellis, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, Majd M. Ghanayem , MMG Law Firm, Abilene, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen Cass Weiland, Esq. , Robert Allen Hawkins, Esq. , Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Charles William Fillmore , Attorney, Fillmore Law Firm, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before CLEMENT, HIGGINSON, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Diana Simpson died of a drug overdose while she was a pretrial detainee at the Young County Jail. Her family (Plaintiffs) sued Young County for her death under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We previously affirmed summary judgment for the County in part, dismissing Plaintiffs' episodic-acts-or-omissions theory of liability...

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