U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Nobre ex rel. K.M.C. v. La. Dep't of Pub. Safety
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Author
- Patrick Errol Higginbotham
- Filed
- Aug. 19, 2019
- Case
- Nobre ex rel. K.M.C. v. La. Dep't of Pub. Safety
- Case status
- Decided
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PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: The mother of a Louisiana inmate filed suit against state prison officials alleging Eighth Amendment violations and state-law wrongful death and survival claims arising out of her son's death. A year later, she learned that her son had two children. Under Louisiana law, these children were the proper parties to bring the action, and so she substituted their natural tutors, Amy Nobre and Chasti…
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