Legal Opinion

Briggs v. Waters

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided October 3, 2006No. 2:06CV154PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on Defendants City of Portsmouth Sheriffs Office and William O. Watson’s Motion to Dismiss and Defendant Gary. W. Waters’s Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint. For the reasons set forth herein, the court GRANTS-IN-PART and DENIES-IN-PART each motion.

I. Factual and Procedural History 1

On June 1, 1998, the City of Portsmouth Sheriffs Office (“the Sheriffs Office”), located in Portsmouth, Virginia, hired Plaintiff Kerrie W. Briggs (“Briggs”) as a deputy sheriff. Am. Compl. ¶ 2 (July 12, 2006). During the…

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