Legal Opinion
Lorna Cassady v. Thurman Tackett, Individually and in His Capacity as Johnson County Jailer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1991No. 89-5679PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Per curiam
Lorna Cassady, Executive Director of a multi-county jail located in Johnson County, Kentucky, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Thurman Tackett, the Johnson County jailer, for deprivation of her substantive due process rights under the fourteenth amendment. Cassady alleges that she was forced to barricade herself in her office after Tackett and his deputies threatened to kill her. Her complaint also included pendent state claims of false imprisonment and outrageous conduct. The District Court granted defendant Tackett’s motion for summary judgment on the section 1983 claim, finding…
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