BARRY PAYNE, JR. v. BLAKE BURNS, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHWESTERN DIVISION BARRY PAYNE, JR., Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:25-cv-776-HDM BLAKE BURNS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Barry Payne, Jr., is suing numerous individuals and entities over his treatment at the hands of police and the medical care he received while in the Colbert County Jail. (See Doc. 22). Defendants include Blake Burns, Joshua Phillips, and Cherokee, Alabama (“Cherokee”), who Payne is suing for Burns’s use of excessive force during his arrest of Payne in violation of 42 U.S.C § 1983, pursuant to a…