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COOK v. CITY OF TYLER, TEXAS

No. 19-40144.

974 F.3d 537 (2020)

Kerry Max COOK, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF TYLER, TEXAS; Eddie Clark; Eric Liptak; Robert Bond; Gerald Hayden; Nelson Downing; Fred Mayo; Kenneth Findley; Ronald Scott, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees, Smith County, Texas; Robert Wickham; J. B. Smith, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 4, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roshna Bala Keen , Danielle Hamilton , Mike Kanovitz , Anand Swaminathan , Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Michael Keith Dollahite , M. Keith Dollahite, P.C., Tyler, TX, Deborah Ann Pearce , Law Offices of Deborah Pearce, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee City of Tyler, Texas.

Robert Scott Davis, Esq. , Chad Carlton Rook, Esq. , Flowers Davis, P.L.L.C., Tyler, TX, for Defendants-Cross-Appellees Smith County, Texas, Robert Wickham, J. B. Smith.

Michael Keith Dollahite , M. Keith Dollahite, P.C., Tyler, TX, for Defendants Appellants Cross-Appellees Eddie Clark, Eric Liptak, Robert Bond, Gerald Hayden, Nelson Downing, Fred Mayo, Kenneth Findley, Ronald Scott, Robert Wickham.

Before Davis, Jones, and Willett, Circuit Judges.

This appeal and cross-appeal stem from a judgment dismissing Plaintiff Kerry Cook's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims unless and until Cook satisfies the conditions of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). In an unusual turn of events, Defendants appeal a district court's order...

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