RAMIREZ v. GUADARRAMA

No. 20-10055.

3 F.4th 129 (2021)

Selina Marie RAMIREZ, individually and as independent administrator of, and on behalf of, The Estate of Gabriel Eduardo Olivas and the heirs-at-law of Gabriel Eduardo Olivas, and as parent, guardian, and next friend of and for female minor SMO; Gabriel Anthony Olivas, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jeremias GUADARRAMA; Ebony N. Jefferson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Thomas , Law Office of Bruce K. Thomas, Thomas Dean Malone , Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., Suite 730, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Edwin Armstrong Price Voss, Jr., Esq. , Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P., Richardson, TX, Scott Douglas Levine , Banowsky & Levine, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Jay Remington Schweikert , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae.

Before Jolly, Stewart, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


This case arises out of the tragic death of Gabriel Eduardo Olivas. While responding to a 911 call reporting that Olivas was threatening to kill himself and burn down his family's house, Officers Guadarrama and Jefferson discharged their tasers at Olivas, striking him in the chest. Olivas had doused...

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