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SANCHEZ v. OLIVER

No. 20-50282.

995 F.3d 461 (2021)

Kathy R. SANCHEZ, individually and as dependent administrator of, and on behalf of, the Estate of Eli Gauna, Jr. and Eli Gauna, Jr.'s heirs-at-law, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Natalee G. OLIVER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Thomas , Law Office of Bruce K. Thomas, Dallas, TX, Thomas Dean Malone , Law Offices of Dean Malone, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nichol L. Bunn , Counsel, Amber R. Pickett , Attorney, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Jones, Clement, and Graves, Circuit Judges.

Eli Gauna, Jr., took his own life while being held in the Bell County jail as a pretrial detainee. His mother, Kathy Sanchez, sued—among others—licensed clinical social worker Natalee Oliver, the mental health professional who evaluated Gauna and took him off suicide watch. The district court granted...

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