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Johnson v. Tarrant County — 5th Cir. (argued August 31, 2026)

No. 25-10923 Argued August 31, 2026 Published September 5, 2026

The Fifth Circuit hears an appeal over Trelynn Wormley's death after a fentanyl overdose in Tarrant County Jail. His family sued the county and the Keefe commissary companies. The district court dismissed the claims. The appeal concerns allegations of an unofficial county policy allowing dangerous drugs into the jail, and negligence claims against the commissary companies. Kelly Holt Rodriguez, of Jones Day, represents the family.

Johnson v. Tarrant County (No. 25-10923) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, argued August 31, 2026.

Sources
Argument audio — Fifth Circuit:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/25/25-10923_8-31-2026.mp3
Argument date and advocates — Fifth Circuit recording index:https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-recordings/results?from=2026-08-31&to=2026-09-05
Counsel appearances and parties — Fifth Circuit docket, public mirror:https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca5/25-10923
Case background and reported dismissal — KERA:https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2025-07-17/tarrant-county-jail-trelynn-wormley-fentanyl-overdose-lawsuit
Kelly Holt Rodriguez — Jones Day:https://www.jonesday.com/en/lawyers/h/kelly-holt
Stephen Lund — State Bar of Texas profile:https://www.texasbar.com/attorneys/member.cfm?id=334050
Lund office affiliation — independent Becket Fund amicus certificate, page ii:https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20251008102736/McCutchan-Amicus-Brief-of-The-Becket-Fund.pdf
Joshua Bennett — BakerHostetler:https://www.bakerlaw.com/professionals/joshua-j-bennett/
Bennett firm move — Texas Lawbook reporting:https://texaslawbook.net/dallas-litigators-courtney-barksdale-perez-and-joshua-bennett-jump-to-bakerhostetler/
Pleading plausibility — Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, Supreme Court:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-550/pdf/USREPORTS-550-544.pdf
Facts and legal conclusions — Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Supreme Court:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-556/pdf/USREPORTS-556-662.pdf
What Restatements are — American Law Institute:https://www.ali.org/faq
Restatements as secondary authority — Library of Congress:https://guides.loc.gov/law-secondary-resources/restatements
Restatements are not controlling Texas law — Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 5.001:https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/CP/htm/CP.5.htm#5.001

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