Legal Opinion
Sanders-Burns v. City of Plano
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2009No. 08-40459PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
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 U.S.G. § 1983 against Cabezuela and the City of Plano, Texas (jointly “Defendants”) alleging a violation of her son’s…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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