SMITH v. REDDY

Nos. 95-1956, 96-1456.

101 F.3d 351 (1996)

Robert J. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sylvia J. REDDY, Officer; Baltimore County, Maryland, a body corporate and politic, Defendants-Appellees. Robert J. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sylvia J. REDDY, Officer; Baltimore County, Maryland, a body corporate and politic, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted May 5, 1996.

Decided November 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Francis Gately, H. Thomas Howell, Howell, Gately, Whitney & Carter, Towson, MD, for Appellant. Michael Allan Fry, Assistant County Attorney, Baltimore County Office of Law, Towson, MD, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kathleen D. Leslie, Howell, Gately, Whitney & Carter, Towson, MD, for Appellant. Virginia H. Barnhart, County Attorney, Gregory E. Gaskins, Assistant County Attorney, Baltimore County Office of Law, Towson, MD, for Appellees.

Before ERVIN and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge BUTZNER wrote the opinion, in which Judge ERVIN and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Robert Smith, suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserts that Officer Sylvia Reddy of the Baltimore County Police Department violated the Fourth Amendment by arresting him and searching his house without probable cause. Although Reddy procured warrants authorizing these actions, Smith contends...

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