Grooms v. Cox

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COOKEVILLE DIVISION CEDRIC JORDAN GROOMS, SR. ) #74329, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 2:23-cv-00044 ) v. ) ) CASEY COX, Sheriff of Cumberland ) County Jail, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Acting pro se, Cedric Jordan Grooms, Sr., who is currently in the custody of the Cumberland County Jail in Crossville, Tennessee, has filed a pro se, in forma pauperis complaint under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1. He…