Lavender v. City of Roanoke Sheriff's Office

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SAMUEL G. WILSON, District Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff, Terrence Lavender, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with supplemental jurisdiction asserted under 28 U.S.C. § 1367 over state law assault and battery claims, against the City of Roanoke Sheriffs Office; the Roanoke City Sheriff, Octavia L. Johnson; and an unspecified number of deputies identified only as “John Does,” in their individual and official capacities, arising out of the alleged use of excessive force against him while he was a pretrial detainee at the Roanoke City Jail. Johnson and the Sheriffs Office…