Brandon v. Village of Maywood

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• plaintiff’s dog shot 19 times but not killed, court considered Fourth Amendment seizure in split second decision and officers having a deemed strong interest to avoid injury from the dog
• procedural due process claim for destruction of property during arrest “is more appropriately characterized under the Fourth Amendment as one for an unreasonable seizure of her personal effects.” (citations omitted)
• no intent to seize bystander when officers shot at advancing dog in neighboring yard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).