CANNON v. MACON COUNTY

No. 92-6200.

1 F.3d 1558 (1993)

Mary CANNON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MACON COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama; Robin Collins; Elbert Dawson, Mike Knowles, individually, and Macon County, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Cottle, III, Bowles & Cottle, Tallassee, AL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jock M. Smith, Tuskegee Institute, AL, for defendants-appellees.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this § 1983 action where an arrest and incarceration resulted from misidentification, we affirm the district court's dismissal of defendant Macon County, but reverse the judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of defendant Robin Collins.

In March 1989 plaintiff Mary Cannon, whose name was then Mary Rene Parrott, was driving with her three children and her boyfriend, Randy Cannon, to her mother's home in Georgia. When...

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