HERSHEY v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY (2026)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Richard HERSHEY, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY; Bobby Gilbert, Individually and in his Capacity as Deputy Marshal; Daniel Stoll; David Smith; Tyshon Harvey; Eugene Tucker, Defendants—Appellees.

No. 21-30754

Decided: January 13, 2026

Before Dennis, Richman, and Ho, Circuit Judges.*

Matthew Keith Wren (argued), Arkansas Municipal League, North Little Rock, AR, Sarah Giglio, Gilmer & Giglio, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, Jeffrey Carl Mateer, Esq., General Counsel, Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq., Chief Counsel, David J. Hacker, Hiram Stanley Sasser, III, Erin Smith, First Liberty Institute, Plano, TX, Nathan W. Kellum, Esq., First Liberty Institute, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Reid A. Jones (argued), Layne A. Clark, Jr., Wiener, Weiss & Madison, A.P.C., Shreveport, LA, Thomas More Flanagan, Anders F. Holmgren, Jordan B. Redmon, Flanagan Partners, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Bobby Gilbert, Daniel Stoll. Sidney W. Degan, III, Esq., Attorney, Travis Louis Bourgeois, Degan, Blanchard & Nash, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Mandy A. Simon (argued), Attorney, Faircloth Melton Bash & Green, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees David Smith, Tyshon Harvey, Eugene Tucker. Jorge Benjamin Aguinaga, Kelsey LeeAnn Smith, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae State of Louisiana. Kelsey LeeAnn Smith, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amici Curiae State of Mississippi, State of Texas.