United States Fourth Circuit

Where the officers' canine barked ferociously within two feet of decedent's head while he was passed out drunk in bed with a rifle, the officers did not violate the Fourth Amendment by striking decedent on the foot before he woke up and they shot him dead.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2001
• Decided 05/04/2001
• Published 05/04/2001

Judges

• Before KING and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Patrick Michael Regan, Regan, Halperin & Long, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Appellant.  Sharon Elizabeth Pandak, Office of the County Attorney, Prince William, VA, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Thanos Basdekis, Regan, Halperin & Long, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Appellant.  Gifford R. Hampshire, Office of the County Attorney, Prince William, VA, for Appellees.