United States Sixth Circuit

In a claim based on the sheriff's department's failure to serve an order of protection upon plaintiff's husband, who eventually shot plaintiff, she failed to show that the county violated any constitutional right of access to courts, equal protection, or substantive due process under 42 U.S.C. section 1983.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2002
• Published 07/16/2002

Judges

• Before NELSON, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur F. Knight, III (argued and briefed), Samuel W. Brown (briefed), Becker, Thomforde, Brown & Knight, Knoxville, TN, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dean B. Farmer (argued and briefed), Keith L. Edmiston (briefed), Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, TN, for Appellees.