Plaintiff, Angela D. Matheny (“Matheny”), on behalf of herself, and as mother and next friend of her minor children, Traneil L. Benjamin (“Traneil”), Jarvaris T. Ford (“Jarvaris”), and Tierra S. Matheny (“Tierra”), brings the instant action based upon
42 U.S.C. § 1983 against numerous Defendants. Matheny alleges that her children's rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were deprived when she was arrested in her home for the sale of crack cocaine. In executing the arrest warrant, the police allegedly conducted a search of Matheny's apartment using a drug–sniffing dog, and then transported Matheny and her three children to a detention facility. Defendants, Jimmy L. Boatright, Sheriff (“Boatright”), Jeff Davis County, Georgia, a Political Subdivision of the State of Georgia (“County”), Officer Mark Smith (“Smith”), Officer Frankie L. Williams (“Williams”), Officer Curtis Harper (“Harper”), and Officer Paul McNeal (“McNeal”), have filed a Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment,
pursuant to
Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will be
GRANTED for the reasons set forth below.