United States First Circuit

In plaintiff's civil rights suit against two police officers arising out of his arrest for shooting his neighbor's dog, judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1) district court did not abuse its discretion in finding that both parties had made the dog's appearance relevant to the case and admitting the photograph as the photograph of the dog, properly authenticated, was useful to the jury in evaluating the credibility of defendant's testimony and that of others; and 2) district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting testimony about the dog's characteristic behavior and its physical appearance for the same reasons.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2010
• Published 06/09/2010

Judges

• LYNCH, Chief Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore H. Goguen, Jr. on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leonard Kesten, Thomas Donohue, Deidre Brennan Regan, and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP on brief, for appellees.