John Pierce Lankford v. City of Hendersonville, Tennessee

03/29/2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs October 2, 2017 JOHN PIERCE LANKFORD v. CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE, TENNESSEE Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sumner County No. 2016-CV-211 Joe H. Thompson, Judge No. M2016-02041-COA-R3-CV This case involves the seizure of the plaintiff’s cellular telephone and other items of personal property by police officers employed by the defendant city during a criminal investigation in October 2012. The plaintiff pled guilty in August 2013 to one count of aggravated assault and three counts of simple assault before the…