WALTON v. CITY OF VERONA

No. 22-60231.

82 F.4th 314 (2023)

Thomas WALTON, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Annie Walton, Deceased; Aliven Walton, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF VERONA, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, J.B. Long; John Does 1-25, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey Langston Lott, Esq. , Thomas Orville Cooley, Esq. (argued), Langston & Lott, P.L.L.C., Booneville, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Gregory Todd Butler, Esq. (argued), Mallory Kaye Bland , Howard David Clark, III, Esq. , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Timothy Michael Peeples, Esq. , Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, P.A., Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Cross-Appellee J.B. Long.

Before Duncan and Wilson, Circuit Judges, and Mazzant, District Judge.


In 2018, the Verona Police Department twice arrested Latavious Betts for his connection to violent shootings. Both times, however, he was released while his charges were pending. Just five months after his second arrest, Latavious Betts drove to Annie Walton's house and opened fire— killing Annie Walton and...

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