Case Name: Michael BAILEY; Jane Bailey; Billy Bailey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D.H. KENNEDY; D.B. Whitley; Mike Crisp; City of Hickory, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-20
Citations: 360 F.3d 470
Docket Number: No. 02-1761
Parties: Michael BAILEY; Jane Bailey; Billy Bailey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D.H. KENNEDY; D.B. Whitley; Mike Crisp; City of Hickory, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 360
Pages: 470–472

Head Matter:
Michael BAILEY; Jane Bailey; Billy Bailey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D.H. KENNEDY; D.B. Whitley; Mike Crisp; City of Hickory, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 02-1761.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Filed Feb. 20, 2004.

Opinion:
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc:
Respectfully, I disagree with Judge Widener's characterization of the panel's opinion in this case. As the panel opinion clearly reflects, the district court found, in the light most favorable to Bailey, that when Officer Whitley arrived at Bailey's home, he found Bailey eating lunch, spoke with him for approximately five minutes, and then, apparently satisfied, voluntarily left the house. See Bailey v. Kennedy, 349 F.3d 731, 734 (4th Cir.2003). Then, Officer Kennedy "knowing only that Officer Whitley had exited the house and that Officer Whitley said [at most] 'we're going to have to do something,' grabbed Michael almost as soon as he opened the door." Id. at 740. A review of the panel opinion clearly shows, contrary to my colleague's claim, that the court's holding does not turn on Bailey's denial of the suicide report.