Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. City of Lebanon
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2001No. Nos. 99-6670, 99-6672, 99-6673, 99-6675, 99-6676PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCKEAGUE, District Judge.
This case is the appeal of five separate 42 U.S.C. § 1983 causes of action brought by plaintiff Daryl Vaughn against individual officers in the City of Lebanon. Tennessee, Police Department and Wilson County, Tennessee, Sheriffs Department; Lebanon’s Chiefs of Police; the City of Lebanon; and Wilson County. Vaughn claims that excessive force was used against him in a series of arrests that took place in 1995 and 1996. Specifically, Vaughn asserts that he suffered chemical burns, blurred vision, decreased hearing, and headaches after he was repeatedly sprayed with…
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