Filed: Nov. 09, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6160 KENDRICK D. HAWKINS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NATHAN MCMILLAN; C/O J. HERNDON; SERGEANT B. CORRELL, Defendants - Appellees, and JOSHUA HOLMES, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:13-ct-03025-FL) Submitted: October 27, 2016 Decided: November 9, 2016 Before KING, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Vacated
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6160 KENDRICK D. HAWKINS, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NATHAN MCMILLAN; C/O J. HERNDON; SERGEANT B. CORRELL, Defendants - Appellees, and JOSHUA HOLMES, Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:13-ct-03025-FL) Submitted: October 27, 2016 Decided: November 9, 2016 Before KING, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Vacated ..
More
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6160
KENDRICK D. HAWKINS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
NATHAN MCMILLAN; C/O J. HERNDON; SERGEANT B. CORRELL,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
JOSHUA HOLMES,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan,
District Judge. (5:13-ct-03025-FL)
Submitted: October 27, 2016 Decided: November 9, 2016
Before KING, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kendrick D. Hawkins, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly D. Grande, Kari
Russwurm Johnson, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kendrick D. Hawkins appeals the district court’s order
granting Defendants’ summary judgment motion on Hawkins’
excessive force claim, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983
(2012). The district court determined that no genuine issues of
material fact existed as to whether Defendants were entitled to
qualified immunity when they used force on Hawkins.
This Court reviews a district court’s grant of summary
judgment de novo, “viewing all facts and reasonable inferences
therefrom in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
Smith v. Gilchrist,
749 F.3d 302, 307 (4th Cir. 2014) (internal
quotation marks omitted). The relevant inquiry on summary
judgment is “whether the evidence presents a sufficient
disagreement to require submission to a jury or whether it is so
one-sided that one party must prevail as a matter of law.”
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.,
477 U.S. 242, 251-52 (1986).
Summary judgment is appropriate only when “the pleadings, the
discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits,
. . . construed in favor of the nonmoving party show that there
is no genuine issue of material fact and that the movant is
entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Seremeth v. Bd. of
Cty. Comm’rs Frederick Cty.,
673 F.3d 333, 336 (4th Cir. 2012).
In determining whether an officer is entitled to summary
judgment on the basis of qualified immunity, a district court is
2
required to ask “whether the facts, viewed in the light most
favorable to the plaintiff, show that the officer’s conduct
violated a federal right.” Smith v. Ray,
781 F.3d 95, 100 (4th
Cir. 2015).
The parties offered different versions of the salient facts
surrounding the use-of-force incident alleged in Hawkins’
complaint. We have reviewed the record, including Hawkins’
verified complaint and his sworn declaration, and conclude that
the district court failed to construe the facts in the light
most favorable to Hawkins. Because there are genuine issues of
material fact in dispute, we vacate the district court’s order
and remand for further proceedings in the district court. We
deny Hawkins’ motion for the appointment of counsel. 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.
VACATED AND REMANDED
3