Sebastian v. Douglas County

{1 Petitioner Fabian Sebastian filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2014) against respondents Douglas County, Colorado, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Douglas County Sheriff David A. Weaver, and Sheriff's Deputy Greg A. Black ("the County"), alleging that his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable Seizures was violated when he was attacked by a K-9 police dog. More specifically, he alleged that an intentional seizure occurred when the dog, released by the deputy to seize two suspects who had fled a vehicle and climbed over a fence, ran back to the vehicle and attacked…