# E.D. Virginia - Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, merits order, 2026 > *Audited source extract. The dossier was used only as a lead; the underlying source was independently acquired and checked on 2026-07-20.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - **Original dossier URL:** https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/virginia/vaedce/2%3A2024cv00621/562101/191/ - **Resolved/canonical URL used:** https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/virginia/vaedce/2%3A2024cv00621/562101/191/0.pdf?ts=1769610800 - **Publication date:** 2026-01-27 - **Underlying event or version:** 2026-01-27 - **Archived:** 2026-07-20, from unauthenticated public access; no cookies, tokens, or login state retained - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed on 2026-07-20 after the archive service returned HTTP 403; retry pending ## Verification verdict **supported with narrower wording** — The E.D. Virginia court granted defendants summary judgment on Norfolk's then-current 176-camera, generally 21-day system while warning that more intrusive surveillance could cross the line. Fourth Circuit No. 26-1227 was docketed February 26, 2026, and the appellants filed their opening brief April 13, 2026. No appellate disposition was located during the July 20 audit; the public docket mirror blocked archival access and its browser-visible snapshot was not current enough to prove the case remained pending that day. ## Claim boundary Appeal docketing and the April 13 filed opening brief are verified. July 20 appellate disposition is an explicit access gap. ## Extract **Extracted-text lines 135-139:** > ==== Page 2 ==== > motions for summary judgment raise two primary issues: > (1) > whether **Extracted-text lines 945-949:** > eyes. > comprising > 176 > Flock > cameras **Extracted-text lines 1606-1610:** > Flock system retained ALPR > data for 30 days, > but it now generally retains it for 21 days. > ECF > This **Wayback failure**: The bounded Save Page Now pass stopped after the archive service returned HTTP 403 on the first request. This source was not individually retried; retry pending. ## Notes - Tier: 2 — Tier 2 primary public record. - The excerpt is bounded to the claims audited here; consult the preserved original for full context. - Cited by: see `citing_pages:` frontmatter; populated after wiki integration.