Legal Opinion

Townsend v. Coffee County

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided August 9, 2011No. CV 511-008PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LISA GODBEY WOOD, Chief Judge.

Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). For the reasons stated herein, Defendants’ motion is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

For purposes of this Motion to Dismiss, the allegations in Plaintiffs Complaint are taken as true. See Powell v. Lennon, 914 F.2d 1459, 1464 (11th Cir.1990). On December 2, 2008, Plaintiff Tiffany Townsend, a black female, was driving with a passenger in Coffee County, Georgia. While stopped at a red light, Plaintiff observed a black male driver…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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  4. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981

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