United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in a suit by a homeless plaintiff over a police dog attack is reversed as to his civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a municipal defendant, where its policy possibly authorized use of dogs to apprehend and bite without prior verbal warning.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2005
• Published 12/01/2005

Judges

• COLLOTON, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, MELLOY, SMITH, COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Boris Parker, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Timothy R. Maher, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon K. Iverson, argued, Bloomington, MN (Jason J. Kuboushek, Bloomington, MN, Joseph E. Flynn, Susan S. Tice, Lake Elmo, MN, on the brief), for appellee.