Legal Opinion
Melton v. Shivers
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 29, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-24-EPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOBBS, District Judge.
This case was commenced by Gary R. Melton, a white male, against Wayne Shivers, Ed Hay and the Town of Wadley, Alabama, alleging that the individual defendants wrongfully assaulted and beat him in violation of his rights guaranteed by the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution “as protected under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq.”
The Court has treated the complaint as one seeking damages for personal injuries under and pursuant to the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 which provides as follows:
Every person who, under color of any…
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