Thacker v. Whitehead

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action based on 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 against Colonel Tom Whitehead in his capacity as Director of Safety and Security at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Before the Court is the motion to dismiss of the defendant in which he contends that the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction and that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Defendant has moved in the alternative for summary judgment and has submitted in support thereof the affidavit of Jack E. Reese,…