M.D. Tennessee· 7/17/1997

Spurlock v. Whitley

Citations

971 F. Supp. 1166
1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10464
1997 WL 431162

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concluding that a civil plaintiff's criminal guilty plea did not preclude plaintiff's subsequent civil claims because the guilty plea was vacated
holding that “the exclusivity provision of the TGTLA provides a compelling reason for this Court to decline supplemental jurisdiction of the TGTLA claim”
“[T]he vacating of Plaintiff[’s] . . . conviction prevents Defendants from using his guilty plea to preclude his subsequent civil claims.”
“Tennessee courts have adopted the analysis of prosecutorial immunity used by federal courts in Section 1983 actions.”

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Judges: Campbell

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