Mitchell v. Town of Hayneville, Alabama

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION KELVIN MITCHELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. v. ) 2:20cv252-MHT ) (WO) TOWN OF HAYNEVILLE, ) ALABAMA, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Kelvin Mitchell is the chief of police for the Town of Hayneville, Alabama, a position he has held more-or-less consistently since 2004. This suit concerns the more-or-less. Mitchell alleges that he backed the wrong horse in a town council election and that the council summarily fired him in retaliation when it finally was able to…