MANSFIELD v. WILLIAMSON COUNTY

No. 20-50331.

30 F.4th 276 (2022)

Troy MANSFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Edwards , Edwards Law, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Randy Tom Leavitt , Law Office of Randy T. Leavitt, Austin, TX, Karson Thompson , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Higginbotham, Costa, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Troy Mansfield brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Williamson County, Texas, alleging that county prosecutors denied him due process secured by the Fourteenth Amendment by lying to his counsel during plea negotiations, misconduct assertedly caused by the County's "closed-file" policy. The...

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