MADEWELL v. GARMON

No. CIV-4-79-30.

484 F.Supp. 823 (1980)

Gordon Wayne MADEWELL, Plaintiff, v. Tom GARMON, etc. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Winchester Division.

February 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Parsons, Rogers & Parsons, Manchester, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Robert W. Boyd, Jr., McMinnville, Tenn., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

The defendant sheriff moved the Court for a summary judgment, Rule 56(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, contending that he is protected from any liability herein by the provisions of T.C.A. § 8-832.* The motion lacks merit.

"* * * Although T.C.A. § 8-832 does not immunize a Tennessee sheriff * * * from actions by a sheriff, himself, in violation of the...

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