Legal Opinion

Estate of Michael Mark Pollard v. Hood Coun

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 25, 2014No. 13-11060UnpublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiffs-Appellants, the Estate of Michael Mark Pollard, Jennifer Butler, and Rebecca Bryant-Moore, appeal from the summary judgment dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against individual defendants Sheriff Roger Deeds, Captain Ann Brown, and correction officers Norma Hanson and Travis Barina, and from the dismissal following judgment on the pleadings of their § 1983 complaint against Hood County, Texas. Plaintiffs argue on appeal that (1) the individual defendants violated decedent Michael Mark Pollard’s Fourteenth Amendment right as a pretrial detainee by acting…

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