Legal Opinion
Sanders-Burns v. City of Plano
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2010No. 08-40459PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
The opinion previously filed in this case, and reported at 578 F.3d 279, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.
On February 10, 2005, Officer Joseph Cabezuela (“Cabezuela”) responded to an altercation involving Anthony Sanders (“Sanders”) and his neighbor. Cabezuela handcuffed Sanders and left him on his stomach face down against the floor while he questioned others in the home regarding the altercation. Sanders died from positional asphyxia.
On October 17, 2006, Sanders’s mother, Linda Sanders-Burns (“Sanders-Burns”), filed a complaint under 42…
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