Opinion
21-1979
12-14-2022
AMANDA MINGO, as guardian ad litem for J.H., a minor; W. DANIEL GRIST, as guardian ad litem for J.H., a minor; and YASMEEN MURRAY-HYMAN, Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. CITY OF DURHAM, Defendant-Appellant, and NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, d/b/a AMTRAK; NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY; ANDRE CHAMBERS; and NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendants.
Brian Lee Church, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW &HINSON, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. William D. Acton, Jr., Fred William Devore, III, DEVORE, ACTON &STAFFORD, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees. Matthew W. Sawchak, Caroline H. Reinwald, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW &HINSON, P.A., Raleigh, North Carolina; Natalia K. Isenberg, Jacob H. Wellman, TEAGUE, CAMPBELL, DENNIS &GORHAM, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.
UNPUBLISHED
Argued: December 7, 2022
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:20-cv-00226-CCE-JLW)
ARGUED:
Brian Lee Church, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW &HINSON, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.
William D. Acton, Jr., Fred William Devore, III, DEVORE, ACTON &STAFFORD, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.
ON BRIEF:
Matthew W. Sawchak, Caroline H. Reinwald, ROBINSON, BRADSHAW &HINSON, P.A., Raleigh, North Carolina; Natalia K. Isenberg, Jacob H. Wellman, TEAGUE, CAMPBELL, DENNIS &GORHAM, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.
Before KING and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
ORDER
Having carefully assessed the record on appeal, including the briefs and the oral argument of counsel, we are satisfied to affirm the challenged ruling of the district court, entered on July 2, 2021, denying the claim of North Carolina governmental immunity interposed in these proceedings by the City of Durham. See Mingo v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., No. 1:20-cv-00226 (M.D. N.C. July 2, 2021), ECF No. 56.
Entered at the direction of Judge King, with the concurrences of Judge Richardson and Judge Keenan.