SALAS v. CITY OF GALENA PARK

No. 21-20170, Consolidated With No. 21-20333.

HECTOR SALAS, SR., individually and as representative of the ESTATE OF HECTOR SALAS, JR.; ANDREA SILVA, individually, and as next friend H. S. and A. S.; CYNTHIA MONTIEL, as next friend E. S., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Galena Park, Defendant-Appellee, HECTOR SALAS, SR., individually and as representative of the ESTATE OF HECTOR SALAS, JR.; ANDREA SILVA, Individually and A/N/F for H.S., A.S.; CYNTHIA MONTIEL, A/N/F for E.S., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAMES KNOX; CYNTHIA JIMENEZ, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed May 11, 2022.


This consolidated appeal arises from two lawsuits seeking to hold the City of Galena Park, Texas (the "City") and several of its law enforcement officers accountable for the death-in-custody of Hector Salas, Jr. Salas was left alone and unmonitored in a cell at the Galena Park Jail for hours even though jail officers...

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