United States Fourth Circuit

Where officers jokingly tied plaintiff to a pole and left him stranded until officers from another county picked him up, punitive damages award against the officers was proper, but Maryland law prohibits the award of punitive damages against the County.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/05/2002
• Decided 08/26/2002
• Published 08/26/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Christopher Allen Griffiths, Roberts & Wood, Riverdale, Maryland, for Appellant.  William Antoine Snoddy, Associate County Attorney, Prince George's County Office of Law, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Terrell N. Roberts, III, Roberts & Wood, Riverdale, Maryland, for Appellant.  John A. Bielec, Deputy County Attorney, Prince George's County Office of Law, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellees.