Release of the Silk Plant Forest Citizen Review v. Barker

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Respondent police officers (“the officers” or “respondents”) appeal from the trial court’s 4 March 2010 order granting the City of Winston-Salem’s (“the City”) petition for disclosure of transcripts contained in respondents’ personnel files.1 Respondents argue on appeal that: (1) the trial court erred in granting the petition pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-168(c)(4) (2009), and (2) disclosure of the transcripts would violate respondents’ privacy and liberty interests guaranteed under the 9th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article I,…