SCIOLINO v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA.

No. 05-2229.

480 F.3d 642 (2007)

Christopher A. SCIOLINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA; Dennis A. Mook, Individually and as Chief of Police for the City of Newport News, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Allan Dyar, Law Office of Reid H. Ervin, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. R. Johan Conrod, Jr., Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia; Allen Link Jackson, Chief Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney's Office for the City of Newport News, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.

A former probationary city police officer brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000). He asserts that when discharging him, the city placed in his personnel file false information damaging to his good...

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