COPE v. COGDILL

No. 19-10798.

3 F.4th 198 (2021)

Patsy K. COPE; Alex Isbell, as Dependent Administrator of and, on behalf of Estate of Derrek Quinton Gene Monroe, and His Heirs At Law, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Leslie W. COGDILL; Mary Jo Brixey; Jessie W. Laws, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jon Mark Hogg , Jackson Walker, L.L.P., San Angelo, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Stewart, Dennis, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns whether three officers employed by the Coleman County Jail are entitled to qualified immunity for claims regarding Derrek Monroe's death by suicide that occurred at the jail.1 The district court determined that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity. For the following...

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