NEWBERNE v. NC DEPT. OF CRIME CONTROL

No. COA07-1570.

666 S.E.2d 195 (2008)

Reginald NEWBERNE, Plaintiff, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY, an agency of the State of North Carolina, Division of State Highway Patrol, a principal subunit of an agency of the State of North Carolina, Bryan E. Beatty, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, W. Fletcher Clay, in his official capacity as Commanding Officer of the Division of State Highway Patrol, C.E. Moody, in his official capacity as Director of Internal Affairs for Division of State Highway Patrol, and A.C. Combs, in his individual and official capacity as First Sergeant with the Division of State Highway Patrol, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., by J. Heydt Philbeck and G. Lawrence Reeves, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Hal F. Askins and Assistant Attorney General Ashby T. Ray, for defendant-appellees.


TYSON, Judge.

Reginald Newberne ("plaintiff") appeals from order entered, which: (1) granted the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety's, et al., (collectively, "defendants") motion for summary judgment and (2) denied plaintiff's motion to reconsider. We reverse and remand.

I. Background

On 9 April 2002, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendants and alleged a claim of retaliation pursuant to N.C. Gen.Stat. § 126-84...

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