United States Fourth Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a warrantless entry into Plaintiffs' home, the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is reversed where the search was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment exigent circumstances doctrine, because Defendants believed a missing teenage girl was in the house.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2009
• Published 06/29/2009

Judges

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Terry Neill Grimes, Melvin Edward Williams, Esq., Grimes & Williams, P.C., Roanoke, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Elizabeth Kay Dillon, Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, PC, Salem, VA, for Defendant-Appellant.