Michael Stevens Owens v. Asa D. Kelley, Jr., Etc.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case arose when Michael Owens brought an action under 42 U.S.C.' § 1983 against various defendants challenging the constitutionality of certain conditions of probation placed upon him by Judge Asa Kelley of the Superior Court of Dougherty County, Georgia. 1 The District Court denied Owens’ motion for summary judgment and granted the motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants. Owens now appeals the ruling of the District Court.

The probation requirements imposed by Judge Kelley did not merely consist of perfunctory reports; instead, the conditions were…