United States Fourth Circuit

In a case brought by a police commissioner and his deputies following a highly public dispute with the mayor of Baltimore resulting in the termination of their employment, dismissal of the action is affirmed as, based on the facts alleged in the complaint, the complaint fails to articulate any claim for relief that is plausible on its face. Furthermore, the mayor, against whom the allegations of due process violations were directed, is entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/02/2009
• Published 12/02/2009

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and MARK S. DAVIS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Neal Marcellas Janey, Sr., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants.   Kathryn Widmayer Sullivan, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, Maryland;  Matthew Wade Nayden, Baltimore City Solicitor's Office, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.