U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2025

Wood v. City of San Antonio

Wood v. City of San Antonio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided August 26, 2025

Wood v. City of San Antonio

Opinion

Case: 23-50037 Document: 70-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/26/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 23-50037 August 26, 2025 ____________ Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Amanda Wood, Plaintiff—Appellant, versus City of San Antonio; Martha Martinez, San Antonio Police Department Officer; J. Ortiz, San Antonio Police Department Officer, Defendants—Appellees. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 5:21-CV-187 ______________________________ Before Richman, Haynes, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.

Priscilla Richman, Circuit Judge: *

We affirm the judgment of the district court for the following reasons:

_____________________ * Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

Case: 23-50037 Document: 70-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/26/2025

No. 23-50037

1. There is no clearly established law indicating that Officers Ortiz and Martinez violated Wood’s constitutional rights.

2. The San Antonio Police Department’s policies are not facially unconstitutional.

3. Wood’s Monell 1 claims against the City of San Antonio for failure- to-train, failure-to-supervise, and failure-to-discipline fail because she does not demonstrate deliberate indifference.

AFFIRMED.

_____________________ Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978).

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