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FAIRCHILD v. CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 20-50237.

40 F.4th 359 (2022)

John FAIRCHILD; Susie Fairchild, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS; Steven Russell Lovelady; Wesley Harland Pelfrey, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 14, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Thomas , Thomas Dean Malone , Law Office of Bruce K. Thomas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eric Alexander Johnston, Esq. , Andrew Edge , McGinnis Lochridge, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Jason Eric Magee , Allison, Bass & Magee, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Steven Russell Lovelady.

Stephen Cass Weiland, Esq. , Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Robert Allen Hawkins, Esq. , Platt Cheema Richmond, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Wesley Harland Pelfrey.

Before Jolly, Southwick, and Costa, Circuit Judges.

What began with pretrial detainee Kelli Leanne Page's tapping her hairbrush on the cell door ended forty-five minutes later with two jailers' applying force to her lower back and neck until she died. Page's parents brought excessive force claims against the county and the two jailers. The district court held that no constitutional...

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