United States Fourth Circuit

Order denying summary judgment to defendant police detective, sued by plaintiff college student for unreasonable search and seizure, unlawful arrest and detention, and the use of excessive force in mistakenly detaining plaintiff instead other residents of a dormitory, is vacated where the undisputed evidence establishes as a matter of law that defendant acted reasonably.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2005
• Decided 03/29/2006
• Published 03/29/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and WALTER D. KELLEY, JR., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Dawna Marie Cobb, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants.   William James Mertens, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants.