Scott L. Matthews v. Leon E. Jones, Sr., Jefferson County Police Department, and Unknown Police Officer, Jefferson County Police Department

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1994-09-20

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BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Scott L. Matthews brought this action on May 24, 1991, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that in the course of his arrest he was severely bitten by a pohce dog and that the use of the pohce dog constituted an unconstitutional use of deadly force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.…

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