§ 1983. The Court explained in McMillian, however, that whether a sheriff is a state or county policymaker depends on the local government laws of the particular state. See id. at 1741-42. In contrast to the Alabama Constitution, the Pennsylvania Constitution explicitly states that sheriffs are county officers. See Pa. Const. Art. IX, § 4 (“County officers shall consist of ... sheriffs”). Furthermore, in his deposition, Sheriff Erling testified that he was elected in municipal elections, see Erling Dep. at 6, and is paid by Chester County. See id. The Sheriffs budget comes from Chester County. See id. at 8-9. Accordingly, we reject defendants’ contention that Sheriff Erling is a state policymaker. See Morgan v. Rossi, Civ. No. 96-1536, 1998 WL 175604 at * 12 (E.D.Pa. Apr.15, 1998) (<HOLDING>); see also Reid v. Hamby, Civ. No. 95-7142,
holding that the lehigh county sheriff is a county officer rather than a state officer holding county liable along with sheriff thomas for an attorneys fee award even though the county was not named in the suit and was denied an opportunity to intervene because sheriff thomass actions under article 6869 represented county policy holding that the sheriff when investigating crimes acts as a county officer holding that suit against county sheriff in his official capacity was suit against county recognizing county officers as  those whose general authority and jurisdiction are confined within the limits of the county in which they are appointed who are appointed in and for a particular county and whose duties apply only to that county and through whom the county performs its usual political functions 