Roberts v. Coffee County, Tennessee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT WINCHESTER ) PHILLIP ROBERTS, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 4:18-cv-04-SKL ) JOHN CARROLL, CHASE STRANGE, and ) DAKOTA LILES, ) ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This is a prisoner civil rights case filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is a trial brief from Defendants John Carroll, Chase Strange, and Dakota Liles (“Defendants”) [Doc. 86]. They argue Plaintiff Phillip Roberts (“Plaintiff”) is not entitled to seek nominal damages at trial (as an alternative to compensatory damages)1 because he is subject to §…