Legal Opinion
Burg v. Gosselin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 7, 2010No. Docket 09-0708-cvPublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Judith A. Burg, a dog owner, appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, J.), dismissing on summary judgment her Section 1983 complaint against a canine control officer. The district court held that issuance of a pre-arraignment, non-felony summons requiring a later court appearance, without further restraint, does not constitute a Fourth Amendment seizure. We agree, and affirm.
BACKGROUND
Defendant Colleen Gosselin, a canine control officer in the Connecticut town of East Hampton, received a complaint about…
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