Dawes v. City of Dallas et al
Plaintiff: Mary Dawes, Alfredo Saucedo and Virgilio Rosales
Defendant: City of Dallas, Christopher Hess and Jason Kimpel
Case Number: 3:2017cv01424
Filed: May 30, 2017
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Office: Dallas Office
County: Anderson
Presiding Judge: Sidney A Fitzwater
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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August 21, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 172 Memorandum Opinion and Order: As a result, the Court once again GRANTS the City of Dallas's motion for summary judgment. A final judgment will follow. (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 8/21/2025) (ndt)
September 6, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 155 Memorandum Opinion and Order: The Court DISMISSES AS MOOT the plaintiffs' 144 Motion for Certificate of Appealability and GRANTS the City of Dallas's 147 Motion for Summary Judgment. (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 9/6/2022) (ykp)
August 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 142 Memorandum Opinion and Order re: 136 accepted (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 8/11/2022) (frw)
March 30, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 122 ORDER ACCEPTING THE 117 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE: The Court hereby ACCEPTS the Magistrate Judge's findings, conclusions and recommendation and DENIES the City's motion to dismiss. (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 3/30/2021) (ykp)
July 28, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 90 Order Accepting 88 Findings and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. The Court therefore GRANTS defendant City of Dallas's motion to dismiss plaintiffs Mary Dawes, Alfredo Saucedo, and Virgilio Rosales's (collectively, "plaint iffs") state law claims against defendant Christopher Hess [Doc. No. 14 ]. The Court further GRANTS plaintiffs' request to replead [Doc. No. 21] solely with regards to their failure to train claim against City of Dallas. Plaintiffs must file their amended complaint within 14 days of the issuance of this order. Lastly, the Court hereby administratively closes this case. (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 7/28/2020) (axm)
July 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 87 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: The Court therefore ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge's Reports 71 , 72 as the findings and conclusions of the Court except as they relate to the City of Dallas's motion to dismiss the claim against itself. The Cou rt REJECTS the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge's Reports 71 as they relate to the City of Dallas's motion to dismiss the claim against itself. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the City of Dallas's 13 motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claim against itself and DISMISSES this claim WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Court GRANTS IN PART the City of Dallas's 14 motion to dismiss the state law claims against officers Kimpel and Hess. The Court GRANTS this motion as ap plied to officer Kimpel and DISMISSES the state law claims against officer Kimpel WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of jurisdiction. However, the Court does not rule at this time on this motion as applied to officer Hess. Lastly, the Court DENIES Kimpel's 35 motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims as to himself and his alternative request to require the plaintiffs to file a reply to his sovereign immunity defense. (Ordered by Judge Brantley Starr on 7/2/2020) (mla)
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Plaintiff: Mary Dawes
Represented By: Daryl K Washington
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Plaintiff: Alfredo Saucedo
Represented By: Daryl K Washington
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Plaintiff: Virgilio Rosales
Represented By: Daryl K Washington
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Defendant: City of Dallas
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Defendant: Christopher Hess
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