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LIVERMAN v. CITY OF PETERSBURG

No. 15-2207.

844 F.3d 400 (2016)

Herbert E. LIVERMAN; Vance R. Richards, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PETERSBURG; John I. Dixon, III, both individually and in his capacity as the Chief of Police for the City of Petersburg Bureau of Police, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 15, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew Thomas Bodoh , THOMAS H. ROBERTS & ASSOCIATES, PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Leslie A. Winneberger , BEALE, DAVIDSON, ETHERINGTON & MORRIS, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William F. Etherington , BEALE, DAVIDSON, ETHERINGTON & MORRIS, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Traxler and Judge Hendricks joined.

Two police officers challenge disciplinary actions for violations of their Department's social networking policy. The district court denied relief on most of their claims. While we are sensitive to the Department's need for discipline throughout the chain of command, the policy here and the disciplinary actions taken pursuant...

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