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PUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
 
M
ICHAEL
A
NDREW
,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.K
EVIN
P. C
LARK
(In his personalcapacity); L
EONARD
H
AMM
,Baltimore Police Commissioner(In his personal and officialcapacity); B
ALTIMORE
P
OLICE
D
EPARTMENT
; K
ENNETH
B
LACKWELL
,Deputy Police Commissioner,No. 07-1184
 Defendants-Appellees.
N
ATIONAL
F
RATERNAL
O
RDER OF
P
OLICE
; N
ATIONAL
E
MPLOYMENT
L
AWYERS
A
SSOCIATION
; P
UBLIC
C
ITIZEN
, I
NC
.; T
HE
A
MERICAN
C
IVIL
L
IBERTIES
U
NION OF
M
ARYLAND
;G
OVERNMENT
A
CCOUNTABILITY
P
ROJECT
; R
EPORTERS
C
OMMITTEE FOR
F
REEDOM OF
T
HE
P
RESS
,
 Amici Supporting Appellant.
 
 
M
ICHAEL
A
NDREW
,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.K
EVIN
P. C
LARK
(In his personalcapacity); L
EONARD
H
AMM
,Baltimore Police Commissioner(In his personal and officialcapacity); B
ALTIMORE
P
OLICE
D
EPARTMENT
; K
ENNETH
B
LACKWELL
,Deputy Police Commissioner,No. 07-1247
 Defendants-Appellees.
N
ATIONAL
F
RATERNAL
O
RDER OF
P
OLICE
; N
ATIONAL
E
MPLOYMENT
L
AWYERS
A
SSOCIATION
; P
UBLIC
C
ITIZEN
, I
NC
.; T
HE
A
MERICAN
C
IVIL
L
IBERTIES
U
NION OF
M
ARYLAND
;G
OVERNMENT
A
CCOUNTABILITY
P
ROJECT
; R
EPORTERS
C
OMMITTEE FOR
F
REEDOM OF
T
HE
P
RESS
,
 Amici Supporting Appellant.
Appeals from the United States District Courtfor the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.Andre M. Davis, District Judge.(1:04-cv-03772-AMD)Argued: January 27, 2009Decided: April 2, 2009
2A
NDREW
v. C
LARK
 
Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, CircuitJudge, and Arthur L. ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,sitting by designation.Vacated and remanded in part and affirmed in part by pub-lished opinion. Senior Judge Alarcón wrote the opinion, inwhich Chief Judge Williams joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote aseparate concurring opinion.
COUNSELARGUED:
Howard Benjamin Hoffman, Rockville, Mary-land, for Appellant. Bonnie Ilene Robin-Vergeer, PUBLICCITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., forAmici Supporting Appellant. William Rowe Phelan, Jr.,BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Baltimore,Maryland, for Appellees.
ON BRIEF:
Karen Stakem Hornig,Chief Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs, BALTIMOREPOLICE DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland; George A.Nilson, City Solicitor, BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENTOF LAW, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Larry H.James, Christina L. Corl, Lindsay L. Ford, CRABBE,BROWN & JAMES, L.L.P., Columbus, Ohio, for NationalFraternal Order of Police, Amicus Supporting Appellant.
OPINION
ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge:Michael Andrew appeals from the district court’s ordergranting the Defendants’ motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 civil rights action for failure to state a claim pursuant
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NDREW
v. C
LARK
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