MOTES v. MYERS

No. 86-8356 Non-Argument Calendar.

810 F.2d 1055 (1987)

Belinda Joy MOTES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Ronnie MYERS, Kenneth Jones, Rockdale County Board of Commissioners, Charles Smith, Chairman, City of Conyers, Barbara Bramblett, City Manager, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela G. Guest, Doraville, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur H. Glaser, Atlanta, Ga., John A. Nix, Conyers, Ga., for Myers.

Alan F. Herman, Atlanta, Ga., for C. Conyers & Bramblett.

Before HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a dispute over title to an air conditioner. On its surface, the lawsuit seems trivial and lacking in federal jurisdiction. Underneath lurks the question of whether plaintiff Motes was deprived of her constitutional right of liberty without due process of law and whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 affords her relief and federal jurisdiction of her claim. Belinda Joy Motes sued Sergeant James Ronald Myers, an officer with the City...

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