C. W. v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA EASTERN DIVISION C.W. by and through his next friend Mary Doe, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:23-cv-368-CLM STEVE SMITH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case is about football locker room hazing, turned assault. C.W. alleges that, as part of a long-standing initiation ritual, older members of the Piedmont High School football team exposed their genitals and tried but failed to insert a key in his anus when he was a freshman member of the team. (See Doc. 38). C.W. quit the team and left Piedmont after the incidents and now sues…