Legal Opinion

Dixon v. Metro Nashville Police Dept.

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided May 7, 2021No. 3:20-cv-00991Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CEDRIC DIXON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 3:20-cv-00991 v. ) ) Judge Trauger METRO NASHVILLE POLICE DEP’T, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION By order and memorandum opinion entered on December 23, 2020, the court granted prisoner-plaintiff Cedric Dixon’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, reviewed his pro se complaint pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and found that his claims pertaining to his state criminal charges and proceedings are barred by the doctrines of issue and claim preclusion.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Philip D. Overstreet v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
  5. Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless & Service Employees International Union, Local 1199 v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006

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