Ordonez v. El Paso County

Appellants Isabel Ordonez and Sylvia Flores Ordonez, as next friend of Alfredo Ordonez, Jr., a minor chid (Afredo Ordonezs son), appeal from the trial courts granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of Appellees El Paso County, Texas, Sheriff Leo Samaniego, and unknown detention officers. The plea to the jurisdiction was based upon governmental immunity from the law suit. The issue on appeal is whether the Texas Tort Claims Act waives immunity for the severe beating which resulted in the death of Alfredo Ordonez, which occurred at the El Paso County Detention Facility. We affirm.