Johnson et al v. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee et al
Plaintiff: William L. Johnson and Julian W. Moore
Defendant: The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, Metropolitan Police Department, Ronal W. Serpas, Steve Anderson, Honey Pike and Joseph Bishop
Case Number: 3:2007cv00979
Filed: September 28, 2007
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Office: Nashville Office
County: Davidson
Presiding Judge: Aleta A. Trauger
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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January 18, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 224 MEMORDANDUM AND ORDER: The plaintiffs have filed a 221 Motion For Review, requesting that the court reverse the 220 Final Taxation of Cost award. The court can find no ground upon which the plaintiffs have overcome the presumption in favor of awarding costs to the prevailing party. Therefore, the Clerk's 220 Final Taxation of Costs is AFFIRMED in all respects. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 01/18/2011. (ab)
August 24, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 208 ORDER: For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, the court rules as follows: (1) Plaintiffs' Motion For Default And/Or Presumption That Documents Not Maintained By Metro Would Have Bolstered The Plaintiffs' Case 178 is her eby DENIED; (2) Defendant Ronal W. Serpas' Motion For Summary Judgment 171 is hereby GRANTED; (3) Metropolitan Government's Motion For Summary Judgment 174 is hereby GRANTED; and (4) This case is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. (5) The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in a separate document in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58(a). It is so Ordered. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 8/24/10. (tmw)
July 2, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 148 ORDER: For the reasons expressed in the accompanying Memorandum, the orders of Magistrate Judge Bryant (Docket Nos. 129 and 130 ) granting Michael Allen's Motion to Quash (Docket No. 88 ) and granting The Tennessean's Motion to Quash an d for Protective Order are not contrary to law or clearly erroneous. Therefore, the court overrules the pltfs' objs to those orders, and the relief granted by Judge Bryant in those orders stands. It is so ordered. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 7/2/09. (tmw)
March 30, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 132 *VACATED per Order 135 * MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: For the reasons stated, pltfs' 114 First MOTION to Compel is GRANTED. Deft Metro shall designate a witness or witnesses to testify based upon information known or reasonably available to Metro regarding the above five topics, and shall make such witness or witnesses available for deposition by pltfs on or before April 30, 2009. It is so ORDERED. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 3/30/09. (tmw) Modified text on 4/2/2009 (tmw).
March 27, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 130 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting 90 Motion for Protective Order and Motion to Quash. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 3/27/09. (af)
March 26, 2009 Opinion or Order Filing 129 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: For the reasons stated, the undersigned finds that Mr. Allen's motion to quash 88 should be GRANTED. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 3/26/09. (tmw)
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Plaintiff: William L. Johnson
Represented By: Ann Buntin Steiner
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Plaintiff: Julian W. Moore
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Defendant: The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
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Defendant: Ronal W. Serpas
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Defendant: Steve Anderson
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Defendant: Honey Pike
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