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Parties Involved:
Stephen Ginger
Appellee
Brenda Powell
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-10256

Summary Calendar

BRENDA POWELL,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

STEPHEN GINGER,

Defendant-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:15-CV-30

Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff-Appellant Brenda Powell appeals the ruling of the district court 

that Defendant-Appellee Stephen Ginger is entitled to qualified immunity, and 

thus to summary judgment dismissing this case for the absence of genuine 

issues of material fact regarding Officer Ginger’s application of deadly force in 

the shooting of Powell’s major son, Joshua Powell, during the course of Ginger’s 

response to a call for police assistance to deal with Joshua. We have reviewed 

the record on appeal, including but not limited to the briefs of the parties and 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

October 19, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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the district court’s Order of February 4, 2016 in explication of its Judgment of 

that date, and we are satisfied that summary judgment dismissal of this case 

on the basis of qualified immunity is eminently correct. For essentially the 

same reasons set out by the district court in its abovesaid Order, its Judgment 

dismissing Powell’s action is, in all respects,

AFFIRMED.

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