JOHN DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GARRETT G. BRODERICK, Defendant

JOHN DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GARRETT G. BRODERICK, Defendant-Appellant, and UNKNOWN POLICE OFFICERS, JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 20, Fairfax County Police Officers, Fairfax County Police Department, Individually and in their Official Capacities; COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, Defendants. JOHN DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, Defendant-Appellee, and GARRETT G. BRODERICK; UNKNOWN POLICE OFFICERS, JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 20, Fairfax County Police Officers, Fairfax County Police Department, Individually and in their Official Capacities, Defendants.
No. 99-1893, No. 99-1894
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
225 F.3d 440; 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 22165
January 25, 2000, Argued
August 29, 2000, Decided
PRIOR HISTORY: [**1] Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan Jr., Senior District Judge. (CA-98-1722-A).

DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.

CASE SUMMARY

PROCEDURAL POSTURE: Defendant detective appealed from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, denying defendant qualified immunity at the summary judgment stage, in plaintiff's 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 action for violation of his rights under U.S. Const. amend. IV.

OVERVIEW: Plaintiff filed suit against defendant detective under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983, alleging that defendant violated his rights under U.S. Const. amend. IV and under federal statutory law when defendant, without probable cause, entered the file room of a substance abuse treatment clinic and searched plaintiff's confidential treatment records along with numerous other patients' records.