City and Officers Federal Lawsuit Filed

Gray et al v. City of Dunlap, Tennessee et al

Plaintiffs: Justin Lee Gray and Brian Dewayne Kilgore

Defendants: City of Dunlap, Tennessee, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Clint Huth, Ronnie Hitchcock, Robert Raber, Steven Billingsley, Cody Smith, Kevin Snyder and Brian Lockhart

Case Number: 1:2009cv00253

Filed: September 25, 2009

Court:Tennessee Eastern District Court

Office: Chattanooga Office

County: Sequatchie

Presiding Judge: District Judge Curtis L Collier

Referring Judge: Magistrate Judge Susan K Lee

Nature of Suit: Civil Rights – Other Civil Rights

Cause: 42: 1983 Civil Rights Act *

Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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* A person states a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 if he alleges that the defendant deprived him of a constitutional right while acting “under color” of state law. Specifically, § 1983 provides that:

Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.