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Holland v. State of Maryland

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nov 2, 2010
400 F. App'x 777 (4th Cir. 2010)

Opinion

No. 09-1815.

Submitted: September 30, 2010.

Decided: November 2, 2010.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Andre M. Davis, District Judge. (1:06-cv-01649-AMD).

Robin R. Cockey, Cockey, Brennan Maloney, P.C., Salisbury, Maryland, for Appellant. Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, H. Scott Curtis, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Claude Holland filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) action alleging violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights regarding his termination from the Wicomico County Sheriffs Department. The district court denied relief on both claims. On appeal, we affirmed the denial of Holland's First Amendment claim but vacated and remanded to the district court for further proceedings regarding Holland's Fourteenth Amendment reputational claim made under the Supreme Court's opinion in Bd. of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972), and related cases. See Holland v. Maryland, 307 Fed.Appx. 746 (4th Cir. 2009).

On remand, the district court granted summary judgment to Defendants, finding that Holland's reputational claim failed because the statements to the press regarding Holland were true. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Holland v. Maryland, No. 1:06-cv-01649-AMD, 2009 WL 1940712 (D.Md. July 2, 2009). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Holland v. State of Maryland

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nov 2, 2010
400 F. App'x 777 (4th Cir. 2010)
Case details for

Holland v. State of Maryland

Case Details

Full title:CLAUDE HOLLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, and LORI HOLLAND, Plaintiff, v. STATE…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Nov 2, 2010

Citations

400 F. App'x 777 (4th Cir. 2010)