Legal Opinion
Rutha Carroll v. Harris County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2015No. 13-20388PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge.
Herman Barnes was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. He died in 2006 after a confrontation in his home with Harris County sheriffs deputies. His surviving family members (the Carrolls) sued the deputies involved in the confrontation, asserting that the deputies’ seizure of Barnes was unlawful, that the deputies’ warrantless entry into his home was unreasonable, and that the deputies’ use of force was excessive and deprived Barnes of his civil rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case proceeded to trial. After…
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