Carpenter v. Bean Station, Tennessee, City of et al

Filing 96

ORDER accepting the 73 Report and Recommendations ; objections of defendants Andy Dossett and Ben Dossett 79 are OVERRULED; granting in part and denying in part defendants' 22 Motion for Summary Judgment. The motion is GRANTED to the extent that plaintiffs claim based on the Fourteenth Amendment is DISMISSED. The motion is DENIED in all other respects. Signed by District Judge R Leon Jordan on 2/14/12. (ADA)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
GREENEVILLE DIVISION
KAREN ELAINE CARPENTER,
Plaintiff,

v.
THE CITY OF BEAN STATION,
TENNESSEE, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 2:09-CV-140

ORDER
For the reasons stated in the memorandum opinion filed contemporaneously
with this order, the objections of defendants Andy Dossett and Ben Dossett to the report and
recommendation and the memorandum opinion incorporated therein of United States
Magistrate Judge Dennis Inman [doc. 79] are OVERRULED.

The report and

recommendation [doc. 73] and the memorandum opinion incorporated therein [doc. 70] are
ACCEPTED. It is ORDERED, for the reasons stated in this court’s contemporaneously
filed memorandum opinion, as well as in the report and recommendation and memorandum
opinion of the magistrate judge, which the court incorporates into its ruling, that the motion
for summary judgment filed by defendants Andy Dossett and Ben Dossett [doc. 22] is
GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.

The motion is GRANTED to the extent that plaintiff’s claim based on the
Fourteenth Amendment is DISMISSED. The motion is DENIED in all other respects.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

ENTER:

s/ Leon Jordan
United States District Judge

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