HUTCHESON v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 20-10383.

994 F.3d 477 (2021)

Nicole HUTCHESON; Ruth Boatner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS; Fernando Reyes; Trenton Smith; Elvin Hayes; Betty Stevens, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Kita , Dallas, TX, Scott H. Palmer , Scott H. Palmer, P.C., Addison, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jason G. Schuette, Esq. , Senior Litigation Attorney, District Attorney's Office for the County of Dallas, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Higginbotham, Smith, and Dennis, Circuit Judges.


Joseph Hutcheson died after police officers restrained him at the Dallas County Jail. The plaintiffs, Hutcheson's wife and mother, sued the county and four individual officers, bringing an excessive force claim against the officers and failure-to-train and wrongful-death claims against the county. The district court...

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