Tony Jeffers, Cross-Appellee v. Debbie Heavrin Jefferson County, Kentucky, Cross-Appellants, Churchill Downs, Inc., City of Louisville

RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Tony Jeffers, appeals from a judgment entered after a bench trial in favor of defendants in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Jeffers claimed damages stemming from an alleged illegal search and seizure and a subsequent arrest and prosecution.

Defendants Heavrin and Jefferson County cross-appeal, although no relief was granted against them. The basis of the cross-appeal is that the court’s opinion contains language gratuitously criticizing the performance of Officer Heavrin and county corrections officers. The district judge also concluded that “although…