Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Bourbon County Sheriff's Dept.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided June 12, 2014No. Civil Action No. 5:13-119-KKCPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KAREN K. CALDWELL, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. *637For the reasons stated below, the motion will be granted. ■
I. BACKGROUND
On March 8, 2012, Plaintiff Austin Nichols (“Nichols”) was an eighteen-year-old sophomore at Bourbon County High-School when he was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault by Deputy Sheriff and School Safety Officer Clinton Graves (“Graves”). Nichols filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Graves used excessive force in effectuating his arrest and that Graves was not…
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