Anthony N. Smith v. Knox County Jail

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• concluding that a building, such as a jail or correctional facility, cannot be sued under § 1983
• concluding that a building, such as a jail or a prison, cannot be sued under § 1983
• concluding that a plaintiff cannot sue a building, such as a jail or a prison, under § 1983
• concluding that a building, such as a jail or a prison, cannot be sued under § 1983
• concluding that a plaintiff cannot sue a building, such as a Jail or a prison, under § 1983
• concluding that a jail is not a “person” within the meaning of §1983 and, thus, is a “non-suable entity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).