McCarther v. Grady County

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights action arising out of a shooting incident which allegedly occurred at Plaintiffs’ home in Chickasha, Oklahoma. In their Complaint, Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Ron Taylor (Taylor) is the elected sheriff of Defendant Grady County, Oklahoma (County) and Defendant Neal Locke (Locke) is a deputy sheriff employed by Defendant Taylor; that at all times pertinent to Plaintiffs’ cause of action, Defendants were acting under color of state law1 and “under color of a custom of Grady County, Oklahoma, the City of Chickasha, and the Oklahoma State…