No. 24-398

Jantzen Verastique, et al. v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference governmental-entity legal-precedent pattern-requirement section-1983
Latest Conference: 2024-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether this Court's holding in Leatherman v. Tarrant Cnty. Narcotics Intel. and Coordination Unit, 507 U.S. 163 (1993) is applicable to a § 1983 pleading in which deliberate indifference of a governmental entity is asserted because of a pattern of constitutional violations committed by the same officer.

II. Whether the similarity requirement to show an actionable pattern of constitutional violations under this Court's interpretation of § 1983's deliberate indifference in Connick v. Thompson, 563 U.S. 51 (2011) only requires the same constitutional violations committed in the same way, or whether those previous actions must be factually identical.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Leatherman v. Tarrant County precedent applies to deliberate indifference claims under § 1983 and whether pattern of constitutional violations requires factually identical prior incidents

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-10-10
Waiver of City of Dallas, Texas of right to respond submitted.
2024-10-10
Waiver of right of respondent City of Dallas, Texas to respond filed.
2024-10-07

Attorneys

City of Dallas, Texas
Nicholas Dane PalmerDallas City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Jantzen Verastique, et al.
Sara Wyn KaneValli Kane & Vagnini LLP, Petitioner