Legal Opinion
Bradford v. Gardner
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 31, 1984No. CIV-2-82-143PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS
HULL, District Judge.
George F. Bradford and Pierre A. Cote, pro se plaintiffs, brought this civil rights action challenging the conditions of confinement at the Sullivan County Jail. 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983. While state law makes the sheriff the appropriate defendant in such an action. See Madewell v. Garmon, 484 F.Supp. 823 (D.Tenn.1980), the Sheriffs department itself is not a suable entity under Section 1983 and is accordingly DISMISSED. See Williams v. Baxter, 536 F.Supp. 13, 16 (D.Tenn.1981). Plaintiff Pierre A. Cote was also dismissed from this action for failure to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Wendell Bills v. Murray HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Chapman v. RhodesDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1977
- Williams v. BaxterDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1982
- Madewell v. GarmonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1980
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Pierre v. SchlemmerDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1996
- Jackson v. GardnerDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1986
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