Howell v. A.M. Moore et al

Filing 17

MEMORANDUM ORDER. The Court ADOPTS the findings the findings and recommendations set forth in the R&R as to all sections except Section III.D., 13 ; ADOPTS the findings and recommendations set forth in the R&R as to Section III.D as modified by this Memorandum Order; OVERRULES the Defendants' objection asking the Court to dismiss Count 1, subpart (i), (ii) and (iv), Count III and Count IV of the Amended Complaint 14 ; GRANTS IN PART the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, 5 ; DISMISSES C ount II of the Amended Complaint; DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Count IV of the Amended Complaint; DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE the County and Colonel Dupuis as defendants. Defendants shall file an answer to the remaining counts in Howell's Amended Complaint no later than October 13, 2017. Signed by District Judge M. Hannah Lauck on 09/30/2017. (tjoh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Richmond Division

COREY A. HOWELL,
Plaintiff,
V.

Civil Action No. 3;I6cv649

ADAM M. MOORE, et aL,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM ORDER

Plaintiff Corey A. Howell brings this action against five officers in the Chesterfield

County Police Department' intheir individual and official capacities, Chesterfield County Police
Department Chief of Police Colonel Thierry G. Dupuis ("Colonel Dupuis") in his individual and

official capacity, and Chesterfield County, Virginia ("the County") (collectively, the

"Defendants"). Howell brings his action pursuant to42U.S.C. § 1983^ and Virginia state law,

' The five officers are: (1) Officer Adam M. Moore; (2) Sergeant Russell M.
Granderson; (3) Sergeant Gary T. Bailey; (4) Officer Sean D. Retter; and, (5) Sergeant Matthew
R. Dunn, (collectively, the "Defendant Officers").
Section 1983 provides a private right of action for a violation of constitutional rights by
persons acting under the color of state law:
Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or
usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to
be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the
jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an
action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress ....
42 U.S.C. § 1983.