MATTHEWS v. TOWN OF AUTAUGAVILLE

Civil Action No. 2:06 CV 185 MHT.

574 F.Supp.2d 1237 (2008)

Ricardo MATTHEWS, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF AUTAUGAVILLE, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

August 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Lee DeBardelaben, Attorney At Law, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Alex Lafayette Holtsford, Jr., April Willis McKay, Rick A. Howard, Nix Holtsford Gilliland Higgins & Hitson PC, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.


OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Ricardo Matthews brings this lawsuit against defendants Town of Autaugaville, its mayor, its police chief, and two of its police officers. Matthews asserts that his rights to due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, were violated when he was arrested by uncertified police officers who were not under the...

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