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Court & legal recordsArchived file
Billboard-permit challenge naming Nyoka C. Hall, Sheila W. McAllister and Harold L. Roach Jr. Dismissal and denial of leave to amend affirmed April 28, 2026.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-adams-outdoor-newport-news-2026.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Plaintiff alleged malicious prosecution against NNPD officers. The October 6, 2026 opinion affirms dismissal. It identifies defendants, capacities and the limits of the appeal.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-cline-riley-2026.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
September 30, 2011 partial pleading ruling in 4:11-cv-00028. Some claims against Justin E. Briggs and J. F. Gayle survived; City defendants were dismissed. Allegations were not factual findings. Later final outcome is unverified.
Court-issued document retrieved from a public third-party facsimile; not an official docket service. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-hales-newport-news-2011.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Historical Fire Department promotion-discrimination case. Jonnie Sue Hux was the employee plaintiff; the City was the defendant. The Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the City.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-hux-newport-news-2006.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Caption and conclusion from the January 6, 2026 malicious-prosecution appeal. The Court of Appeals affirmed the pleas in bar and demurrer. Sensitive third-party narrative is omitted.
Publication excerpt only: archived page 1 is original page 1; archived page 2 contains only the original page 18 conclusion. Earlier paragraphs on that page and intervening pages are omitted. The source link opens the full 18-page opinion. Original source SHA-256: d84e809786c44479d676f3909906875136daf25e2588e5da7c43e5b2efeb3adf. Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-jones-drew-2026-excerpt.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Superseded Court of Appeals suppression decision, record 1118-23-1. REVERSED by Supreme Court record 250267 on April 16, 2026. Read with the later decision; this is not a current adverse finding against Officer Jordan Allen.
Superseded disposition: see court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2026 and the April 16, 2026 Supreme Court opinion. Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2025.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Latest reviewed disposition: Supreme Court reversed the 2025 Court of Appeals decision and entered final judgment for the Commonwealth. Officer Jordan Allen did not impermissibly prolong the stop; consent was valid.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2026.pdf
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March 20, 2015 partial dismissal in 4:14-cv-00107. Sheriff Morgan’s federal and simple-negligence claims were dismissed; a gross-negligence claim remained subject to jurisdiction review. Final disposition has not been verified.
Court-issued document retrieved from a public third-party facsimile; not an official docket service. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-lloyd-morgan-2015.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
December 22, 2022 jail-related civil-rights opinion in 3:22-cv-00134. Claims against Sheriff Morgan were directed to be dismissed without prejudice for improper joinder. This procedural ruling does not establish misconduct.
Court-issued document retrieved from a public third-party facsimile; not an official docket service. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-melby-morgan-2022.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
May 30, 2017 affirmance of summary judgment based on qualified immunity for Danielle Hollandsworth and Randy Gibson. Other captioned defendants had already been dismissed; this is not a merits judgment about Ryan Norris.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-moody-hollandsworth-2017.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Four-page excerpt from original pages 1, 17, 51–52. The procedural history records stipulated dismissal of Ryan Norris on September 11, 2015. The final ruling grants summary judgment to remaining officers Hollandsworth and Gibson.
Publication excerpt only: archived PDF pages 1–4 correspond to original court pages 1, 17, 51 and 52. The source link opens the complete 52-page opinion. Original source SHA-256: e1e713a0ae6f0c8f2d2485bcdcaf634315246ddd17da5a6ba60902a9fdfb2d69. Court-issued document retrieved from a public third-party facsimile; not an official docket service. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-moody-newport-news-2016-excerpt.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Supreme Court immunity ruling concerning alleged school-bus mistreatment. Board sovereign-immunity ruling reversed and remanded; employee gross-negligence allegations could proceed. The opinion does not name the employee defendants or establish that allegations occurred.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-nnps-zm-2025.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
August 6, 2024 opinion affirming Pearson’s convictions. It names Dwight Pitterson as an incident participant and Wilbur O’Berry as a defense expert witness. Neither employee was the convicted appellant in this appeal.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-pearson-commonwealth-2024.pdf
Court & legal recordsArchived file
Water/sewer debt litigation: the City was the original creditor/plaintiff. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded in part on claim-splitting. The $98,480.68 trial award was for the City. No individual employee defendant is identified.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: court-seaview-newport-news-2026.pdf
Audit & oversight reportsArchived file
The official minutes identify Terrell Fields as formerly with NNPD and record unanimous sustaining of decertification. They refer to evidence supporting an alleged state/federal law violation, without identifying a specific offense or a prosecutor list designation.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: dcjs-nnpd-fields-decertification-2024.pdf
Audit & oversight reportsArchived file
The official minutes identify Tasha Gordon with NNPD and record unanimous affirmance of decertification under the cited statutory clause. They do not identify the underlying act or establish a prosecutor Brady/Giglio designation.
Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.
File: dcjs-nnpd-gordon-decertification-2023.pdf