United States Second Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a canine control officer regarding defendant's issuance of a summons due to complaints about plaintiff's dog, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the issuance of a pre-arraignment, non-felony summons requiring a later court appearance, without further restraint, did not constitute a Fourth Amendment seizure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/10/2009
• Decided 01/07/2010
• Published 01/07/2010

Judges

• DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:, Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, LEVAL, Circuit Judge, and DANIELS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Williams, John R. Williams and Associates, LLC, New Haven, CT, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Yale, Noble, Spector & O'Connor, Hartford, CT, for Appellee.