THOMPSON v. ASHE

No. 99-5757.

250 F.3d 399 (2001)

Albert THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor ASHE, Mayor, of the City of Knoxville; City of Knoxville; Phil Keith, Chief, Knoxville Police Department; Fred O. DeBruhl, In his capacity as Executive Director of the Knoxville Community Development Corporation; Knoxville Community Development Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed May 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Blaze (briefed), University of TN, Legal Clinic, James H. Varner, Jr. (argued and briefed), Eshbaugh, Simpson, Varner & Waters, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ronald E. Mills (briefed), Michael S. Kelley (argued and briefed), Mark C. Hartsoe (briefed), City of Knoxville Law Dept., Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees Victor Ashe, City of Knoxville and Phil Keith.

G. Wendell Thomas, Jr. (argued and briefed), Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, Mark C. Hartsoe (briefed), City of Knoxville Law Dept., Knoxville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees Fred O. Debruhl and Knoxville Community Development Corp.

Before: NELSON, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Albert Thompson filed a class-action complaint in the district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 naming as defendants the Knoxville Community Development Corporation, a public housing authority, and Fred O. DeBruhl, its Executive Director ("KCDC"); and the City of Knoxville, Victor Ashe, the City's mayor, and Phil Keith, the chief of police ("City defendants"). The...

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