Taylor v. City of Winnfield

RULING

LITTLE, Chief Judge.

Before this court is defendant “John Doe” ’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the following reasons, defendant’s motion to dismiss claims against John Doe is GRANTED.

I. BACKGROUND

On 9 September 1999, plaintiff James Taylor (“Taylor”) filed a complaint against the City of Winnfield, Gleason Nugent, Deano Thorton, and “John Doe, Jailors of City of Winnfield” in the Eighth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Winnfield, State of Louisiana, alleging deprivation of plaintiff’s…