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Ruttenberg v. Jones, 4th Cir. (2010)
Ruttenberg v. Jones, 4th Cir. (2010)
No. 09-1438
DAVID M. RUTTENBERG;
ENTERPRISES, INC.,
JUDITH
G.
RUTTENBERG;
TRIPLE
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
FRANK JONES, Mayor of Manassas Park, Virginia, in his
official and individual capacities; JOHN EVANS, Chief of
Police of Manassas Park, Virginia, in his official and
individual capacities; DETECTIVE L, Manassas Park Police
Detective, in his official and individual capacities; CITY
OF MANASSAS PARK, VIRGINIA; DETECTIVE W, Prince William
County Police Detective, in his official and individual
capacities,
Defendants Appellees,
and
THOMAS L. KIFER, in his official and individual capacities,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
T. S. Ellis, III, Senior
District Judge. (1:06-cv-00639-TSE-JFA)
Argued:
Decided:
WILKINSON,
Circuit
Judge,
and
PER CURIAM:
David M. Ruttenberg, Judith G. Ruttenberg, and Triple D
Enterprises, Inc. (collectively, Appellants) appeal the grant
of
summary
judgment
against
them
in
their
1983
suit
Virginia
pool
U.S.C. 1983.
hall
that
they
formerly
See
owned.
42
multiple
federal
Manassas
Park
and
(the
state-law
City),
its
claims
chief
against
of
the
police,
City
two
of
police
F.
Supp.
2d
536,
551
(E.D.
Va.
2006).
On
appeal,
we
affirmed the dismissal of all but one of the federal claims and
remanded for further proceedings.
The remaining
federal
conducted
claim
conjunction
was
with
that
a
the
search,
which
multi-jurisdictional
was
drug
task
in
forces
remand,
the
district
court
granted
summary
judgment
to
create
genuine
issue
3
of
material
fact
regarding
whether
the
Ruttenberg
2009).
search
v.
was
constitutionally
603
F.
Jones,
Supp.
2d
See
reasonable.
844,
864-70
(E.D.
Va.
liable
or
the
chief
of
police
and
one
of
the
police
claim,
district
court
again
dismissed
74.
Appellants
now
argue
on
appeal
that
the
district
court
that
the
unreasonable.
search
of
the
pool
hall
was
constitutionally