GRAVES v. LIOI

Nos. 17-1848, 17-1857.

930 F.3d 307 (2019)

Eunice GRAVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Carlin Robinson, individually, as Guardian and next Friend of I.Y., M.Y. and A.Y., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica Williams, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Daniel A. LIOI; Melvin Russell, Major, Defendants-Appellees and Baltimore City Police Department, Defendant, Cleaven L. Williams, Jr., Defendant. Carlin Robinson, individually, as Guardian and next Friend of I.Y., M.Y. and A.Y., and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica Williams, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Eunice Graves, Plaintiff, v. Daniel A. Lioi; Melvin Russell, Major, Defendants-Appellees, and Baltimore City Police Department, Defendant, Cleaven L. Williams, Jr., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Cary Johnson Hansel, III , HANSEL LAW, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Elisabeth Susanne Walden , BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel L. Cox , THE COX LAW CENTER, LLC, Emmitsburg, Maryland, for Appellants. Suzanne Sangree , Senior Public Safety Counsel, Daniel C. Beck , Chief of Police Legal Affairs, Kara K. Lynch , Assistant Solicitor, BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion in which Judge Niemeyer joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote a dissenting opinion.


Cleaven Williams stabbed his pregnant wife, Veronica ("Mrs. Williams"), outside a Baltimore, Maryland, courthouse where she had just obtained a protective order against him. Mrs. Williams and her unborn child died from their injuries a few days later. Carlin Robinson, the Personal Representative...

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