Opinion
No. 17-1567
07-10-2018
HERBERT BRYANT, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA; CALVIN R. PECK, JR., in his official capacity as Village Manager of Bald Head Island; CAROLINE MITCHELL, Defendants - Appellants.
Norwood Pitt Blanchard, III, CROSSLEY MCINTOSH COLLIER HANLEY & EDES PLLC, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellants. Carlos Enrique Mahoney, GLENN MILLS FISHER & MAHONEY, PA, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellee.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Malcolm J. Howard, Senior District Judge. (7:14-cv-00223-H) Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed in part, affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Norwood Pitt Blanchard, III, CROSSLEY MCINTOSH COLLIER HANLEY & EDES PLLC, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellants. Carlos Enrique Mahoney, GLENN MILLS FISHER & MAHONEY, PA, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
The Village of Bald Head Island, North Carolina, Calvin R. Peck, Jr., and Caroline Mitchell appeal the district court's order granting in part and denying in part their motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated in our opinion in Cannon v. Vill. of Bald Head Island, 891 F.3d 489 (4th Cir. 2018), we reverse the district court's denial of qualified immunity to Peck and Mitchell on Herbert Bryant's First Amendment claim, affirm the district court's denial of qualified immunity on Bryant's due process claim, dismiss the remainder of this appeal, and remand for further proceedings. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
Although in Cannon we determined that Mitchell did not properly raise her qualified immunity defense as to the officers' due process claim before the district court, she did adequately raise the defense below in this case. 891 F.3d at 501 n.2. However, we conclude that her drafting of the Form F-5B and joint failure with Peck to offer Bryant a pre-termination hearing precludes an award of qualified immunity to Mitchell on Bryant's due process claim. See id. at 501-06. --------
DISMISSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED