U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2020

Demetrias Taylor v. McLennan County

Demetrias Taylor v. McLennan County
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided January 20, 2020

Demetrias Taylor v. McLennan County

Opinion

Case: 18-51066 Document: 00515277447 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/20/2020

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED January 20, 2020 No. 18-51066 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk DEMETRIAS TAYLOR, As representative of the estate of Iretha Jean Lilly, Deceased; TERRANCE HAMILTON; TERRANCE LAMONT HAMILTON, As next of friend and father of I.H., Plaintiffs–Appellants, v. MCLENNAN COUNTY; KIMBERLY RIENDFLIESCH; DESERA ROBERTS; JOHN WELLS, Defendants–Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 6:16-CV-395

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, and BARKSDALE and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* Demetrias Taylor, as representative of Iretha Jean Lilly’s estate, Terrance Hamilton, and Terrance Lamont Hamilton, as next friend and father of I.H., (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, asserting that McLennan County subjected Lilly to unconstitutional conditions of

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

Case: 18-51066 Document: 00515277447 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/20/2020

No. 18-51066 confinement, and Nurses Desera Roberts and Kimberly Riendfliesch failed to provide Lilly with constitutionally adequate medical care. Plaintiffs later filed an amended complaint raising claims against Dr. John Wells for failing to provide Lilly with constitutionally adequate medical care and failure to supervise. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on each claim. After carefully reviewing the briefs, record, and oral argument, we affirm for essentially the reasons stated by the district court in its October 2 and December 3, 2018, orders. 1

AFFIRMED.

See Taylor v. McLennan Cty. et al., No. 6:16-CV-395 (W.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2018); Taylor v. McLennan Cty. et al., No. 6:16-CV-395 (W.D. Tex. Oct. 2, 2018).

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