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MELTON v. SHIVERS

Civ. A. No. 79-24-E.

496 F.Supp. 781 (1980)

Gary R. MELTON, Plaintiff, v. Wayne SHIVERS and Ed Hay, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, E. D.

August 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gentry, Sprayberry & Kent, Michael I. Kent, Opelika, Ala., for plaintiff.

Radney & Morris, Tom Radney, Alexander City, Ala., for defendants.

OPINION

HOBBS, District Judge.

This case was commenced by Gary R. Melton, a white male, against Wayne Shivers, Ed Hay and the Town of Wadley, Alabama, alleging that the individual defendants wrongfully assaulted and beat him in violation of his rights guaranteed by the Fifth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution "as protected under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq."

The Court has treated the complaint as one seeking...

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