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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

JENNIE COURTNEY, etc., )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:06cv600-MHT

) (WO) 

ANTHONY CLARK, etc., )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

For the reasons given by this court in its opinion of

September 24, 2007, holding that defendants Covington

County Sheriff Anthony Clark, Covington County Deputy

Sheriff Jerry Wayne Edgar, and Covington County Deputy

Sheriff Walter Inabinett had no “special relationship”

with decedent Dennis Courtney under federal law, Courtney

v. Clark, 2007 WL 2786370 (M.D. Ala. 2007), defendant

Covington County, Alabama had no “special relationship”

under federal law, and plaintiff’s federal claim against

Covington County is meritless. In addition, because

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Covington County was simply not responsible as a matter

of law for the operation of the Covington County Jail,

see Turquitt v. Jefferson County, 137 F.3d 1285, 1289

(11th Cir. 1988), plaintiff’s federal and state-law

claims against Covington County are meritless.

Covington County’s motion to dismiss should therefore

be granted.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 24th day of March, 2008.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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