United States Fourth Circuit

The district court properly refused to grant defendant-high school wrestling coach qualified immunity in a suit alleging that he violated the constitutional rights of a member of his wrestling team by instituting and encouraging repeated beatings of the student.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/25/2005
• Decided 07/13/2005
• Published 07/13/2005

Judges

• Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Deborah R. Stagner, Tharrington, Smith, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Thomas Franklin Loflin, III, Loflin & Loflin, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Jonathan A. Blumberg, Tharrington, Smith, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina;  Ann S. Estridge, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Glenn A. Barfield, Barnes, Braswell & Haithcock, P.A., Goldsboro, North Carolina, for Appellees.