Kenneth W. Robinson v. Hogansville Police Dept.

In this case, appellant, proceeding pro se, sued the Hogansville Police Department, Police Chief Guy Spradlin, and officer Tommy Hatcher, the appellees, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that they had infringed his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. When appellees failed to respond to his complaint, appellant requested the district court’s clerk to enter a default against them, and the clerk did so. Appellees moved the court to set aside the defaults, Hogansville Police Department representing that it was not a legal entity subject to suit, Spradlin and Hatcher claiming that…