Legal Opinion
Mann v. Darden
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 2, 2009No. Civil Action 2:07cv751-MHTPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
In this lawsuit, plaintiff Sue-Zanne Mann claims that the police unlawfully tased her while she was in her hospital bed. She brings an excessive-force claim against defendants James A. Darden and Camille V. Emmanuel (two officers with the Prattville, Alabama Police Department) for violating her rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and a claim against Darden for state-law battery. Jurisdiction for the federal claim is proper under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 (federal…
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