TURQUITT v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALA.

No. CV 95-PT-2054-S.

929 F.Supp. 1451 (1996)

Isom E. TURQUITT, Administratrix of the Estate of Phillip Edward Turquitt, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, Jim McCreless and Melvin Bailey, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

As Amended February 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Brooks Crew, Baddley & Crew, Birmingham, AL, for plaintiff.

Charles S. Wagner, Jeffrey M. Sewell, Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, Terry McElheny, & J. Fred Wood, Jr., Dominick Fletcher Yeilding Wood & Lloyd, Birmingham, AL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PROPST, District Judge.

This cause comes on to be heard on defendant Jefferson County's Motion To Dismiss, Alternatively Motion For Summary Judgment, filed on September 1, 1995. The sole present issue is whether the County defendant can, under any circumstances, be held liable for the alleged constitutional violation that plaintiff asserts relates to the defendant sheriff's improper classification and assignment of jail prisoners, particularly...

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