Legal Opinion
Brown v. Thompson
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided March 20, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION FILE No. 3:15-cv-158-TCBPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Timothy C. Batten, Sr., United States District Judge
This is a civil rights case filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Michael James Brown against Defendants the City of Whitesburg and Charles Shelton Thompson. Defendants have moved for summary judgment [23], and Brown has moved for leave to amend his complaint to allege that he provided timely ante-litem notice as required by O.C.G.A. § 36-33-5.1
I. Factual Background
On the morning of September 6, 2013, Thompson — who was on duty as a police officer with the City of Whitesburg police department — received a “be on the lookout”…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
27 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.