Maldonado v. Town of Cottonwood

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION JENNIFER MALDONADO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 1:21-cv-645-ECM ) [WO] TOWN OF COTTONWOOD, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Jennifer Maldonado (“Maldonado”) went to pay her water bill. As she tells it, for the transgression of trying to pay with coins, she was accosted, rushed, tackled, and beaten by Defendants Tony Money (“Money”) and Jim L. Smith (“Smith”) (“Officers”), officers of the Defendant Town of Cottonwood (“Cottonwood”). The Defendants now…