GRIFFIN v. BALTIMORE POLICE DEPT.

No. 14-1494.

804 F.3d 692 (2015)

Wendell GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT; Jerry Landsman; Donald Kincaid; Edward Brown, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles N. Curlett, Jr. , Levin & Curlett LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Daniel C. Beck , Baltimore City Law Department, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Sarah F. Lacey , Levin & Curlett LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. George A. Nilson , City Solicitor of Baltimore City, Suzanne Sangree , Chief, Glenn Marrow, Deputy Chief, Police Legal Affairs Division, Baltimore City Law Department, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge HARRIS joined. Judge HARRIS wrote a separate concurring opinion.


Plaintiff Wendell Griffin seeks damages for police and prosecution withholding of evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), during his 1982 murder trial. The district court dismissed his case, holding it barred by Heck v. Humphrey...

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