Barry Payne, Jr. v. Blake Burns, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHWESTERN DIVISION BARRY PAYNE, JR., Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:25-cv-776-HDM BLAKE BURNS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Barry Payne, Jr., is suing numerous individuals and entities over his treatment at the hands of police and the medical care he received while in the Colbert County Jail. (See Doc. 22). Specifically, he is suing Blake Burns, Joshua Phillips, and Cherokee, Alabama (“Cherokee”) for Burns’s use of excessive force during his arrest of Payne in violation of Section 1983 of the U.S. Code, pursuant to a policy and…