ESTATE OF BONILLA v. ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 19-41039.

982 F.3d 298 (2020)

ESTATE OF Rosa BONILLA, BY AND THROUGH her authorized Representative Zoey BONILLA; Zoey Bonilla, Individually; J.B., Minor; A.B., Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS; Tiffani Dickerson, Lvn; Jenifer Schafer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stephen Morgan , Morgan Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Larry James Simmons, Jr., Esq. , Carmen Jo Rejda-Ponce , Germer, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, Kelli Burris Smith , Germer, P.L.L.C., Beaumont, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


Appellants, the family of a woman who committed suicide while in custody, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants Orange County, LVN Tiffany Dickerson, and corrections officer Jenifer Shafer. Agreeing with the district court that decedent Rosa Bonilla's constitutional rights were not violated...

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