Martha Chavis v. Leland Borden

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiff-Appellant Martha Chavis (“Chavis”) brought a substantive due process claim against Texas State Trooper Leland Borden (“Borden”) on behalf of her son, Kevin Jones (“Jones”), following a tragic accident in which Jones was killed. Chavis also asserted several state law dram shop liability claims against Defendants-Appellees Teja’s Rose Night Club, L.L.C. d/b/a Tejas Rose and Chin Tuo Chen (the “Tejas Rose Defendants”).

Borden asserted the defense of qualified immunity and moved to dismiss Chavis’s claim. The district court granted Borden’s motion and declined to exercise…