Atkins v. Spangler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE ROBERT JOSEPH ATKINS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:21-CV-075-KAC-DCP ) SHERIFF TOM SPANGLER, CAPTAIN ) A. TURNER, HOCKER, S. WILLIAMS, ) M. WILLIAMS, SGT. T. OLDHAM, and ) PBA CEO JAYNE BURRITT, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM & ORDER Plaintiff, a prisoner of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office at the Knox County Detention Facility, has filed a pro se Complaint alleging civil rights violations [Doc. 1], an Amended Complaint [Doc. 11],1 and two motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. 3; Doc. 12]. Construing his…