Barfield v. North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Defendant North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety (“defendant”) appeals the North Carolina Industrial Commission’s 8 January 2009 order granting partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Richard Wayne Barfield (“plaintiff’). After careful review, we dismiss defendant’s appeal.

Background

On 5 November 1986, plaintiff filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against North Carolina State highway patrolman Gary Blackwood (“Blackwood”) in his individual…