Crenshaw v. Lister
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Defendant Deputies Robert Lister and Emmitt Merritt appeal from the district court’s denial of their summary judgment motion on qualified immunity grounds in Robert W. Crenshaw’s pro se civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his complaint, Crenshaw alleged that Lister’s use of a canine to apprehend him constituted excessive force and that Merritt failed to intervene and stop the canine attack. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the district court’s order and remand.
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Crenshaw, proceeding pro se, filed a third amended complaint against, inter alia, Lister and…
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