Friedmann v. Parker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION ALEXANDER FRIEDMANN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) NO. 3:21-cv-00721 ) TONY PARKER, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Alexander Friedmann is a pretrial detainee who has spent 21 months in solitary confinement in the Tennessee Department of Correction (“TDOC”). He is suing several TDOC officials (“Defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging his conditions of confinement amount to unconstitutional pretrial punishment. He has moved for a preliminary injunction requiring that Defendants remove him from isolation.…