Legal Opinion
Esteban Martinez v. City of Brownsville, Texas, et al.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 11, 2026No. 1:25-cv-00197Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT August 11, 2026 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Nathan Ochsner, Clerk BROWNSVILLE DIVISION ESTEBAN MARTINEZ, § § Plaintiff, § § VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:25-CV-197 § CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, et al., § § Defendants. § ORDER Plaintiff Esteban Martinez filed a civil rights lawsuit against Police Officers Ricardo Zepeda, Regino Garza, Cesar Castaneda, and the City of Brownsville for actions related to his 2023 arrest for criminal trespass. (First Am. Compl., Doc. 24) Martinez alleges that Zepeda, Garza, and Castaneda subjected him to an unlawful arrest, excessive force,…
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