Officers not deliberately indifferent to subject who died on transport to jail
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) After a long run triggered a latent medical condition, Darren Boykin died. On a hot Texas summer day in 2019, Boykin fled from Texarkana College police officers on foot. They caught him after a half-mile chase. He resisted; they subdued him. Soon, several […]
Qualified Immunity for Corinth Police Officer in false arrest and excessive force claim
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) James Frawley owned real property in Corinth, Mississippi. Between January and April of 2021, the Corinth Police Department had been called eight times to investigate reports of suspicious activity at the property, and it had arrested several individuals for trespassing. When Frawley went […]
Qualified immunity denied when subject arrested for refusing to provide name
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) Sometime in September 2024, E’Mann Comichi’s nephew parked a Penske rental truck in a public parking lot near the Euless Dog Park before leaving town for a vacation. Comichi’s nephew was the only renter listed on the truck’s rental agreement, but Comichi had […]
Qualified immunity denied when pepper spray discharged directly into the eye of a handcuffed, restrained, and outnumbered suspect
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) In June 2023, Jonathan Bates Nunemaker, a Medina County deputy sheriff, was on routine patrol in Castroville, Texas. He saw an automobile with its emergency lights flashing, ran the license plates, and learned there was a report that the vehicle had been stolen […]
Officer not liable in mistaken identity shooting
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) At approximately 5:42 a.m. on November 26, 2019, two officers of the Laredo Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in their city. As the officers reached the scene, Cesar Terrazas opened fire on them with an AR-15-style rifle, striking […]
Video shows subject posed serious physical threat to officers
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) In April 2023, while conducting surveillance, officers with the Houston Police Department observed Dontel Thompson rob a store at gunpoint. Thompson left the store and entered a nearby neighborhood. Officers soon located Thompson and attempted to make contact. Two officers exited a vehicle […]