White v. Town of Chapel Hill

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, Chief Judge.

This case, brought under both 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, requires the court to consider, in addition to the liability of a municipality for the alleged torts of its police officers, questions of the qualified immunity of the individual officers in the context of the Defendants’ motions for summary judgment. After careful review, Defendants’ motions will be granted on both the federal and state claims.

FACTS

A review of the record in this case, including numerous depositions, reveal the following facts. Slightly after 5:30 p.m. on May 19, 1992, members…