Stilley v. McBride

Tom Glaze, Justice.

On behalf of two clients, appellant Oscar Stilley, an attorney, filed a § 1983 action in federal court against two Fort Smith police officers, Patricia Sullivan and Ronald Pippin. Stilley sought to obtain the officers’ home addresses from their personnel records from Wanda McBride, a City of Fort Smith employee. Stilley wanted the addresses, so he could serve the officers by mail, which was cheaper than having them served in person. When McBride refused Stilley’s request, Stilley immediately reduced his request to writing, demanding the addresses pursuant to the Arkansas…