JOHNSON v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 22-20549.

83 F.4th 941 (2023)

Shynetia JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRIS COUNTY; May Walker, Constable; William Nowlin; Marcus Grant; Patrick Overstreet; Jon S. Meek, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U. A. Lewis, Esq. , (argued), Trial Attorney, Lewis Law Group, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stanley Michael Clark , Harris County District Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, Laura Beckman Hedge , Veronica Jones (argued), Harris County Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Smith, Southwick, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


Shynetia Johnson was arrested for and charged with interfering with the duties of a public servant. Eight hundred fifty-six days later, she brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Harris County and a number of law enforcement officials, asserting a series of alleged constitutional rights violations.

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