Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Grech v. Clayton County, GA

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 7, 2003No. 01-13151Published

1Concurrence

BARKETT, Circuit Judge,

concurring in result, in which TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, join in full, and ANDERSON, BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges, join in Part I:

In this case, Brian L. Grech sued Clayton County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the actions of its sheriff in maintaining and recalling criminal warrants for a statewide computer database created and operated by the state of Georgia. The narrow question presented is whether the Clayton County Sheriff is a final policymaker for the county when performing these functions. I agree that the activities of this county sheriff in the…

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