WILSON v. CITY OF BASTROP

No. 21-30204.

26 F.4th 709 (2022)

DeOndra WILSON, individually & as natural tutor on behalf T. W.; Thomas Johnson Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BASTROP; Joshua A. Green, in his individual & official capacity; John L. McKinney, in his individual & official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anselm Nnaemeka Nwokorie, Esq. , Brian G. Smith , Smith & Nwokorie, Farmerville, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark Emerson Hanna, Esq. , Special Counsel, Trevor Matthew Cutaiar , Joseph Sebastian Trytten , Attorney, Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Jones, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


An armed suspect ran away from two police officers, ignoring their repeated commands to stop and drop his pistol. The pursuit occurred near passing motorists, onlookers, and an apartment complex. The officers shot and killed the suspect, whose successors sued the officers, the city, and the police department under...

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