Overton v. John Knox Retirement Tower, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Loveday Overton, who is 88 years old, charges in this lawsuit that she was denied due process of law under the fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States when defendant John Knox Retirement Tower, Inc., denied her admission to its facility. The court’s jurisdiction has been properly invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331. Based on the evidence presented at a nonjury trial of this cause, the court finds that Overton’s claim lacks merit.

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Overton currently resides in a nursing home in Montgomery, Alabama. In July 1987,…