EDWARDS v. OLIVER

No. 21-10366.

31 F.4th 925 (2022)

Odell EDWARDS, individually and as the representative of The Estate of Jordan Edwards, deceased, Vidal Allen, and Kevon Edwards, Plaintiff-Appellee, Shaunkeyia Keyon Stephens; Rhonda Washington; Maxwell Everette; Maximus Everette, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Roy OLIVER, Defendant/Intervenor Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timberly Jamal Davis , Timberly J. Davis Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, Reginald Edmund McKamie, Sr. , Law Offices of Reginald E. McKamie, Sr., Houston, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee Shaunkeyia Keyon Stephens.

Luke F. Bickham , Luke Bickham, P.C., Dallas, TX, Michael Anthony Smith , Dallas, TX, for Intervenors Plaintiffs-Appellees Rhonda Washington, Maxwell Everette, and Maximus Everette.

Thad D. Spalding, Esq. , Durham, Pittard & Spalding, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Daryl Kevin Washington, Esq. , Attorney, Law Offices of Daryl K. Washington, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William Wayne Krueger, III, Esq. , James Christopher Bearden , Law Office Of William W. Krueger, III, P.C., Richardson, TX, for Defendant/Intervenor Defendant-Appellant.

Before King, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


Jordan Edwards, a fifteen-year-old boy, was shot and killed while leaving a house party by then-Officer Roy Oliver, who had responded to a 911 call about possible underage drinking. Edwards's family and friends sued Oliver and the City of Balch Springs alleging excessive force, and later Oliver was separately convicted of murder...

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