The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again struck down a civil rights lawsuit targeting a Harris County constable’s deputy accused in the 2016 shooting death of Ashtian Barnes.

The Thursday ruling came several months after a unanimous Supreme Court revived the lawsuit and ordered the New Orleans-based appeals court to take a new look at the case and evaluate the totality of circumstances leading up to the deputy’s decision to shoot Barnes during a traffic stop, not only the split-second decision to do so.

That appeal to the nation’s highest court came after the 5th Circuit Court determined Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Deputy Roberto Felix Jr. would be protected by the “moment of threat doctrine,” allowing justices to only evaluate his decision to shoot and kill Barnes in the s

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