Battle v. City of Richmond

By Judge Mary Jane Hall

Upon review of the pleadings relating to Defendant Bryan Norwood’s Motion to Dismiss, in which motion the other defendants have joined, the Court finds that the motion is controlled by the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision in Kocher v. Campbell, 282 Va. 113, 712 S.E.2d 477 (2011), and that no oral argument is necessary. The motion to dismiss is granted as to Counts 2-4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15 and denied as to Counts 1, 5, 9, and 13.

The chronology of events is significant. The incident for which Plaintiff was accused of wrongdoing happened on June 26,2009. He was thereafter…