Legal Opinion

Frazier v. City of Norfolk

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided June 16, 2006No. Action No. 2:05CV645PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on defendant City of Norfolk’s (“the city”) motion to add parties. For the reasons stated below, the city’s motion is GRANTED.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On October 28, 2005, plaintiff Thomas Frazier (“Frazier”) filed a four-count complaint in this court seeking to hold the city liable and five Norfolk police officers (“the officers”) individually liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his Fourth Amendment rights and resulting physical injury inflicted by the officers in connection with their…

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