United States Fourth Circuit

Investigators were entitled to qualified immunity on 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims alleging 1) failure to comply with North Carolina extradition laws prior to transporting plaintiff to California, and 2) interference in a mother's liberty interest in her child.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2002
• Decided 02/24/2003
• Published 02/24/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard Brooks Glazier, Beaver, Holt, Sternlicht, Glazier, Carlin, Britton & Courie, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Andrew John Hanley, Crossley, McIntosh, Prior & Collier, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  H. Gerald Beaver, Beaver, Holt, Sternlicht, Glazier, Carlin, Britton & Courie, P.A., Fayetteville, North Carolina, for Appellants.