SPENCER v. TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL

No. 1:03CV00351.

290 F.Supp.2d 655 (2003)

Maurice SPENCER, Plaintiff, v. TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL; Town of Chapel Hill Police Department; Greg Jarvies, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as Interim Chief of Police for the Town of Chapel Hill; R. Pendergraph, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as Interim Chief of Police for the Town of Chapel Hill; Officer C. Pardo, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; Officer R. Bell, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; Officer R. Matthews, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; Sergeant S. Riddle, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; and Officer B. Coe, in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

October 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Williams, Jr., Law Offices of James D. Williams, Jr., Durham, NC, Bryan Edward Wardell, The Banks Law Firm, P.A., Research Triangle Park, NC, for Plaintiff.

Dan M. Hartzog, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, Raleigh, NC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiff Maurice Spencer ("Spencer") filed this civil rights action in state court against Defendant Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and numerous Chapel Hill police officers seeking damages sustained as a result of a "high risk vehicle stop" that occurred on February 27, 2000. Spencer has asserted various causes of action: federal constitutional violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, state constitutional...

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