HALL v. TOLLETT

Nos. 96-6253, 96-6256 through 96-6259 and 96-6260.

128 F.3d 418 (1997)

Jacqueline M. HALL (96-6253); James Kenneth Cooper (96-6256); William Derrick (96-6257); Scott Griffin (96-6258); Eddie Hedgecoth (96-6259); Cynthia Y. McDaniel (96-6260), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leon TOLLETT, Sheriff of Cumberland County, Tennessee and Leon Tollett, Individually, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Hamilton Mowles (argued and briefed), Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Dean B. Farmer (argued and briefed), William T. Chastain (briefed), Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, TN, S. Roger York, Crossville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: KENNEDY, GUY, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Jacqueline Hall, James Cooper, William Derrick, Scott Griffin, Eddie Hedgecoth, and Cynthia McDaniel appeal the District Court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Leon Tollett, the Sheriff of Cumberland County, Tennessee. Each plaintiff sued defendant, both as an individual and in his official capacity, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs alleged that shortly after...

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