Sophocleus v. Alabama Department of Transportation

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs John and Theresa Sophocleus bring this lawsuit against defendants Margie Champion Todd Hopper, Paul Bowlin, Jimmy Butts, and DeJarvis Leonard. 1 The Sophocleuses claim that the defendants, who are employees of the Alabama Department of Transportation, took their home for private use from January through August 1999, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They also claim that, during this period, the defendants committed the state torts of trespass, invasion…