WPC  X'M| GIOE(a ~?Cvʳ dJW:]%Y{¯b#j~U5Etdxt*r`Wж.eJkG |8qg=<4oP( LSٷ"H^KKlsG/Vؙuo, }@;m<+hS&eV% ߌ%rB\\ʐ@8,f.H!zcj2̣BY2;iҸA_+"-j q?)z˺j)X!Fk&) *# LUNW % 0(bw@4/>FU:JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ AQ 0D 0D 0D# # D/g B B D3 HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh(9 Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($- - EEEӀ_#3|x ""   XLXXX S{X XL   Ad FILED XLX S{  December12,1997CecilW.CrowsonAppellateCourtClerkdAh ,cAZ"Arial Regular!"#$&C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5(3$ !  (3$ !  ($$   1  ((' dxd dP Pd'''''dxd !  TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7VqXXdd7    r )<,(j 8` `@E ` 8ttxP,  rLARRYS.BRUMIT, h      p )   `     h      p ) ` Plaintiff/Appellant, h      p )   `     h      p )  RutherfordCircuit    `     h      p )  No.37544   VS. `     h      p )    `     h      p )  AppealNo.    `     h      p )  01A019707CV00335 | t t )>.*jx` `@Ez` 8ttxPh  tߛRUSSELLN.PERKINS, h      p ) h`  `     h      p ) ` Defendant/Appellee. h      p ) @8  @C C INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@,,!MIDDLESECTIONATNASHVILLE@ APPEALFROMTHERUTHERFORDCIRCUITCOURT@22!ATMURFREESBORO,TENNESSEE@ HONORABLEROBERTE.CORLEW,JUDGE LarryS.BrumitN.E.C.C.Unit9P.O.Box5000MountainCity,TN376835000PROSEFORPLAINTIFF/APPELLANTHeatherC.Ross425FifthAvenueNo.CordellHullBldg.,SecondFloorNashville,TN372430488ATTORNEYFORDEFENDANT/APPELLEEdXX   AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED #XVqXd # *#&   `     h   HENRYF.TODD `     h   PRESIDINGJUDGE,MIDDLESECTIONCONCUR:BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGEWALTERW.BUSSART,JUDGE ;49  LARRYS.BRUMIT, h      p )   `     h      p ) ` Plaintiff/Appellant, h      p )   `     h      p )  RutherfordCircuit    `     h      p )  No.37544   VS. `     h      p )    `     h      p )  AppealNo.    `     h      p )  01A019707CV00335 | t RUSSELLN.PERKINS, h      p ) h`  `     h      p ) ` Defendant/Appellee. h      p ) @8  dXXVq@(OPINION #XVqXdb#Ԉ      ` ThecaptionedplaintiffhasappealedfromthejudgmentoftheTrialCourtdismissinghissuitagainstthecaptioneddefendantforfailuretostateaclaimforwhichreliefcanbegranted. ` ThenineissuespresentedbyplaintifftothisCourtconstituteasingleissueofwhetherhissuitshouldhavebeendismissedonthegroundstatedabove. ` Thecomplaintasserts: ` 1. PlaintiffispresentlyincustodyofTennesseeDepartmentofCorrection.(The $  causeofincarcerationisnotstated). ` 2. Defendantisanassistantpublicdefender. 2**#&  ` 3. Defendantadvisedplaintifftoshownoremorseduringatrial,therebycausing -&* plaintifftoappeartobeacoldbloodiedkiller.(Thenatureofthecaseontrialisnotstated.) ` 4. Defendantrefusedtoretirefromthecasewhenplaintiffdismissedhim. j3b,0  ` 5. Defendantwasincompetenttohandlethecase. 704  816  ` 6. Defendanthasfailedtoanswerplaintiffslettersandcalls.   ` 7. Defendanthasviolatedplaintiffsconstitutionalrights.    ` 8. Plaintiffinvokeshisrightsunder42U.S.C.1983. h`  ` Thedefendantfiledamotiontodismissforfailuretostateaclaimforwhichreliefcanbegranted. ` Allpersonnelofpublicdefendersareimmunetosuitforanyactofnegligencearisingfromtheexecutionoftheofficialdutiesofthatofficewithtwoinapplicableexceptions.T.C.A.814209.̜ ` Apublicdefenderdoesnotactundercolorofstatelawwhenperformingalawyerstraditionalfunctioningascounseltoadefendantinacriminalproceeding.PolkCountyv.   Dodson,4540.U.S..312(1981).Actingundercolorofstatelawisessentialforacauseofaction " under42U.S.C.(1983).̛ ` NoerrorisfoundinthejudgmentoftheTrialCourt,whichisaffirmedwithcosts.ThecauseisremandedtotheTrialCourtforanynecessaryfurtherproceedings.  *#& mIXXv)  AFFIRMEDANDREMANDED #Xv)XI2# -&* QӜ `     h     ___________________________________ `     h     HENRYF.TODD   x   (#  1*.  `     h     PRESIDINGJUDGE,MIDDLESECTION̜CONCURS:____________________________BENH.CANTRELL,JUDGE̜____________________________WALTERW.BUSSART,JUDGE :27