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· 4/25/2024

The City of Springtown v. Kalie Ashenfelter

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  • pushing 59- year-old woman reasonable when officer was focused on apprehending a potentially fleeing fugitive, and the plaintiff’s “presence in the midst of this situation interfered with [the police officer’s] efforts to perform his duties”
  • no seizure where officer did not command dog to bite and dog reacted instead to a bystander entering the “dog’s defensive perimeter”
  • no seizure where officer did not command dog to bite and dog reacted instead to a bystander entering the “dog’s defensive perimeter”
  • no constitutional violation where police officer did not command K-9 to bite bystander and K-9 instead was reacting to bystander entering \dog's defensive perimeter\
  • “Absent a seizure, an individual injured as a result of police misconduct may pursue a substantive due process claim.”

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