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Parties Involved:
Terrance Hamilton
Appellant
Terrance Lamont Hamilton
Appellant
McLennan County
Appellee
Kimberly Riendfliesch
Appellee
Desera Roberts
Appellee
Demetrias Taylor
Appellant
John Wells
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-51066

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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 20, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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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. 

 

1 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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