Horton v. Williams

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Elizabeth Horton brings this lawsuit against the following defendants: National Seating and Mobility, Inc.; Don Williams, a National Seating employee; and Gerald Shockley, an investigator with the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. Horton charges that the defendants violated the Fourth Amendment, as enforced through the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, by maliciously prosecuting her for a report she made to law-enforcement authorities. Jurisdiction is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 (federal question) and 1343 (civil rights).…