GIPSON v. JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 09-11144.

613 F.3d 1054 (2010)

Sidney GIPSON, William McGuirk, Timothy Guthery, and other similarly situated individuals, James Sasser, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, Mike Hale, Jefferson County Sheriff, in his official capacity, State of Alabama, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Wallace, Dawson & Wallace, LLC, Kira Yalon Fonteneau, The Fonteneau Firm LLC, Christy M. Taul, Birmingham, AL, for Appellants.

James Edward Murrill, Jr., Robert R. Riley, Jr., Keith Jackson, Riley & Jackson, P.C., Tammy Cecile Woolley, Woolley Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Peter J. Smyczek, Winfield J. Sinclair, Montgomery, AL, for Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, BARKETT and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Sidney Gipson, William McGuirk, Timothy Guthery, and James Sasser ("Plaintiffs") appeal the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Mike Hale, the Sheriff of Jefferson County, and the State of Alabama. Plaintiffs are civil detainees who have been convicted of a sex offense and have completed their terms of imprisonment but nonetheless are kept in state custody. The State keeps them detained pursuant to Alabama's Community Notification...

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