Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number Case No. 3:08-cv-0164. Judges Aleta Arthur Trauger Acts The Public Health And Welfare — Civil Rights — Generally — Conspiracy To Interfere With Civil Rights See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. JOE T. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, JAMES R. JOHNSON, RANDY WETMORE, SHIRLEY HARMON, and MARY DODSON RANDOLPH, Defendants. ORDER ALETA TRAUGER, District Judge For the reasons expressed in the accompanying Memorandum, the Motion of Defendant Mary Dodson Randolph to Dismiss and/or for Summary Judgment on the Grounds of Qualified Immunity and for Failure to State a Claim is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. The motion for qualified immunity is denied with respect to the plaintiff's retaliation claims arising under the First Amendment and granted with respect to the plaintiff's procedural and substantive due process claims arising under the Fourteenth Amendment. The motion for failure to state a claim is granted with respect to the plaintiff's conspiracy claims arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1985, as the plaintiff has conceded those claims. Additionally, the stay of discovery of defendant Randolph that was put in place by the order of Magistrate Judge Griffin pending the resolution of defendant Randolph's motion is hereby LIFTED. It is so Ordered.