Legal Opinion
Christopher A. Sciolino v. City of Newport News, Virginia Dennis A. Mook, Individually and as Chief of Police for the City of Newport News
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2007No. 05-2229PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.
A former probationary city police officer brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. *645§ 1983 (2000). He asserts that when discharging him, the city placed in his personnel file false information damaging to his good name without granting him a name-clearing hearing, and so deprived him of liberty rights without due process of law. Because the former employee did not allege facts asserting a likelihood that…
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