McClure等诉杰斐逊县委员会等案

On December 19, 2023, the family of Megan McClure filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the Northern District of Alabama against the Jefferson County Commission and its Sheriff's Office. The case centers on a fatal law enforcement encounter where deputies responded to a mental health crisis call. The complaint alleges that responding officers utilized excessive and lethal force contrary to established crisis intervention protocols, resulting in McClure's death. Plaintiffs assert violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming constitutionally inadequate training, supervision, and a custom of tolerating excessive force within the department. The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful death and constitutional rights deprivations.

Case filed December 19, 2023; currently in active litigation with preliminary motions pending as of early 2024.

Whether the officers' use of deadly force during a mental health crisis response constituted an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and whether the County's failure to implement adequate crisis intervention training amounted to deliberate indifference to constitutional rights.

The case amplified national scrutiny on law enforcement responses to mental health crises, spurring local advocacy groups to demand enhanced Crisis Intervention Team training and alternative response models in Jefferson County, Alabama.