Nunn v. Lynch

BELL, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss the Plaintiff Stephen Nunn’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 procedural due process claim against Defendant John W. Lynch. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court’s order of August 27, 2003, and remand with instructions for the district court to grant the motion and to dismiss, with prejudice, the action against Defendant Lynch on the basis of Lynch’s qualified immunity.

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Plaintiff Stephen Nunn, an attorney employed by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, filed…