Legal Opinion
Grech v. Clayton County, GA
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2003No. 01-13151PublishedCited by 379 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether a sheriff in Georgia acts as a county policymaker for purposes of the county’s liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After review, we conclude that the defendant Clayton County has no authority to direct or control the Sheriff in his law enforcement function, that the Sheriff is not a county policymaker for that function, and thus, that Clayton County has no § 1983 liability for the Sheriffs law enforcement policies and conduct regarding warrant information on the CJIS systems or the training and supervision of his employees in that…
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