Legal Opinion
Alexander v. CITY OF MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA.
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 26, 2011No. Civil Action CV-09-S-1396-NWPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LYNWOOD SMITH, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Stephen Alexander, filed this action against the City of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (the “City”), and more than a dozen of its officials, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that his constitutional rights were violated during his nine-day incarceration in the City’s municipal jail. 1 Specifically, plaintiff alleged that one group of defendants — the City; Muscle Shoals Police Chief Robert Evans; Police Officers Eddie Lang, Tommy Skipworth, Jonathon Terry; and Jailers Chris Sock-well, Chris Brown, and Ashley Jones— were…
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