Miranda Rose files federal civil-rights suit against Plano police, Collin County sheriff

Miranda Denise Rose filed a federal civil‑rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Feb. 24, 2026, and a directory listing shows the case as 4:26‑cv‑00201. The limited docket excerpts available state Rose lodged a complaint and "contemporaneously filed an emerge" — the snippet is truncated and does not show the full nature of the contemporaneous filing.

A short court listing on Dockets Justia categorizes the matter as "Civil Rights: Other" and confirms the Feb. 24, 2026 filing in the Eastern District of Texas. A law‑directory entry gives the case number 4:26‑cv‑00201, lists plaintiff Miranda Denise Rose, and names the Collin County Sheriff's Office and Dan Wilson as defendants under case type Civil Rights - Other Civil Rights (440). That directory entry differs from an initial report that captioned the suit "Rose v. Plano Police Department et al.," leaving the precise roster of defendants unclear from the excerpts provided.

The dispute over defendants is material for Collin County residents because the listings point alternately to municipal policing and county law enforcement. The available excerpts do not include the complaint text or a complete docket entry spelling out the relief Rose seeks, so the specific constitutional claims and any emergency relief she may have requested are not visible in the material at hand.

The new filing arrives against a backdrop of prior federal litigation involving Plano entities. In Sharon Mitchell's long‑running civil‑rights suit against the City of Plano and individual officers, a federal opinion filed March 30, 2021 in the Northern District of Illinois narrowed Mitchell's claims and concluded in favor of the defendants. As that opinion states, "As detailed in this Opinion, the Court holds that Mitchell has not raised genuine issues of material fact on any of the claims, and judgment for the Defendants must be entered as a matter of law against all the claims."

Separately, a court has issued an order of sanctions against Wilbert Norwood Starks that forbids him and related persons "from filing or initiating any more lawsuits, pleadings or other instruments of any kind or nature [in either State or Federal Court] against (1) Plano Police Department (2) Police Officer Jody Privett (3) City of Plano (4) any officers, agents, servants or employees of the City of Plano, and (5) the undersigned Counsel Robert J. Davis and his Firm." That sanctions order also records the court's finding that certain allegations in the underlying litigation "misrepresent facts; are groundless and were made in bad faith; are groundless and were made for the improper purpose of delay; lack evidentiary support; were made for the improper purpose to harass the Plano Police Department, Officer Jody Privett, and the City of Plano."

At present, the confirmed, corroborated facts are Rose's name, the Feb. 24, 2026 filing date, the Eastern District of Texas forum, and the directory case number 4:26‑cv‑00201. Public listings differ on whether the Plano Police Department, the Collin County Sheriff's Office, Dan Wilson, or some combination of those parties are named defendants, and the truncated docket fragment leaves unclear whether Rose contemporaneously sought emergency relief. The complaint and any emergency filings in the Eastern District of Texas docket will be required to establish the lawsuit's allegations, the precise defendants, and the relief Rose seeks.