Legal Opinion
Mark Brown v. Battle Creek Police Dep't
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 19, 2016No. 16-1575PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Plaintiffs Mark Brown and Cheryl Brown (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) seek to hold Officers Christof Klein, Damon Young, and Jeffrey Case (collectively, “Individual Officers” or “officers”) of the City of Battle Creek Police Department (“BCPD”) and the City of Battle Creek (“City”) (collectively, “Defendants”) liable for unlawfully seizing their property in violation of the Fourth Amendment when the officers shot and killed their two dogs while executing a search warrant. The district court granted Defendants’ motion for summary…
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