CAUGHORN v. PHILLIPS

No. 3:97-CV-0582.

981 F.Supp. 1085 (1997)

Charles Earnest CAUGHORN, Plaintiff, v. Paul PHILLIPS, District Attorney General for the 8th Judicial District of Tennessee, Pamala A. Kissel, Assistant District Attorney General for the 8th Judicial District of Tennessee, Billy Joe White, Chancellor for Claiborne County, Tennessee, and Ruth Ann Lawson Caughorn Lawson, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee.

August 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Caughorn, Knoxville, TN, Pro Se.

Mary M. Bers, State of Tenn., Office of Atty. General, Nashville, TN, Robert M. Estep, Estep & Estep, Tazewell, TN, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JORDAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff filed his complaint pro se on August 5, 1997 [doc. 1]. While there is no statement in the complaint of any federal statute on which the plaintiff relies to invoke this court's subject-matter jurisdiction, it appears that the plaintiff is suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged deprivations under color of State law of rights, privileges, or immunities secured to the plaintiff by...

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