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.
Read Hunsberger v. Wood, No. 08-1782
Appellate Information
Argued May 15, 2009
Decided June 29, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Wilkinson
Counsel
For Appellant:
Elizabeth Kay Dillon, Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, P.C., Salem, VA
For Appellees:
Melvin Edward Williams, Grimes & Williams, PC, Roanoke, VA
Terry N. Grimes, Grimes & Williams, PC, Roanoke, VA
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