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Case: 23-10383            Document: 72-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/28/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                          FILED
                                   ____________
                                                                               March 28, 2024
                                     No. 23-10383                                  Lyle W. Cayce
                                   ____________                                         Clerk

Eunice J. Winzer, Individually and on behalf of the statutory beneficiaries
of Gabriel A. Winzer; Sohelia Winzer,

                                                                Plaintiffs—Appellants,

                                          versus

Kaufman County,

                                             Defendant—Appellee.
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                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 3:15-CV-1284
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Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Kaufman County sheriff’s deputies
shot and killed Gabriel Winzer. Appellants brought a Fourth Amendment ex-
cessive force claim against the deputies and the County. The district court
found that no constitutional violation occurred, so it ruled for the defendants
on all claims. A panel of this court affirmed the district court’s disposition

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       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10383        Document: 72-1       Page: 2     Date Filed: 03/28/2024

                                  No. 23-10383

with respect to the deputy defendants. Winzer v. Kaufman Cnty., 916 F.3d
464 (5th Cir. 2019) (per curiam). But it found a factual dispute as to whether
one deputy committed a constitutional violation, so it reversed the district
court’s grant of summary judgment to the County as premature. Id.
       After further proceedings on remand, the County once more moved
for summary judgment, arguing plaintiffs failed as a matter of law to establish
the prerequisites for municipal liability under Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs. of
City of New York, 436 U.S. 658 (1978). The district court granted the motion,
and plaintiffs timely appealed. We have carefully considered the appeal in
light of the briefs, oral argument, opinion of the district court, and pertinent
portions of the record. Having done so, we find no reversible error of fact or
law.
       AFFIRMED.

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