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Amanda Wood v. Bexar County, Texas, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-51006 · judgment August 6, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In 42 U.S.C. 1983 litigation, Discovery responses, Discovery answers, formal policies, and documents can concede issues of fact, law, and elements of claims. Most relevant; they are party statements and are not hearsay.
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Whether a party’s testimony in Depositions, its Admissions, Interrogatory responses, formal policies, and its law enforcement reports constitute their formal and binding position(s) on legal liability?
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Whether formal Monell policies and cited Training methods that discard ‘reasonable suspicion’ and ‘probable cause’ satisfy the quantum of proof under 42 U.S.C. 1983 to hold a County liable?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andres Roberto Cano
Law Offices of Andres Cano
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- May 04 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
- Dec 04 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 3, 2026)