Lawson v. Shelby County, Tenn.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

DONALD, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of Defendants seeking to have Plaintiffs’ complaint and amended complaint dismissed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Plaintiffs Randy and Sharon Lawson filed their complaint in federal court on November 5, 1997, alleging that they were denied the right to register to vote which constituted a deprivation of their rights, privileges and immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States under the First and Fourteenth…