TEMPLETON v. JARMILLO

No. 21-50299.

28 F.4th 618 (2022)

James TEMPLETON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Officer Edward JARMILLO, Austin Police Department, Badge #8408; Officer Steven Kielcheski, Austin Police Department, Badge #7314; Officer James Starns, Austin Police Department, Badge #7338; Officer Gadiel Alas, Austin Police Department, Badge #7835; Officer Tara Dicken, Austin Police Department, Badge #4761; Officer Amy Boudreau, Austin Police Department, Badge #8370, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Rolland McGiverin, Esq. , Austin Community Law Center, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Meghan Lee Riley , Monte Lewis Barton, Jr., Esq. , Christine G. Edwards , City of Austin, Law Department, Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellee.

Before Southwick, Haynes, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff was handcuffed, detained, and involuntarily committed after the Austin Police Department conducted a welfare check on him at his home. He brought multiple claims under Section 1983 against the officers and other city employees. All the claims were dismissed. The plaintiff appealed only as to the...

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