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EDWARDS v. CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS

No. 22-10269.

70 F.4th 302 (2023)

Odell EDWARDS, individually and as representative of the Estate of Jordan Edwards, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thad D. Spalding, Esq. , Shelby Jean White (argued), 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-Appellant.

Joe C. Tooley, Esq. (argued), Rockwall, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Elrod, Haynes, and Willett, Circuit Judges.

The City of Balch Springs Police Department hired an officer who a jury later convicted of murdering a teenage boy while on duty. Edwards (the boy's father) sued the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted the City's motion for summary judgment, reasoning that the department's use-of-force policy...

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