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• Title: Matthews V. Jones
• Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
• Release Date : January 20, 1994
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 55 KB

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ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Scott L. Matthews brought this action on May 24, 1991, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that in the course of his arrest he was severely bitten by a police dog and that the use of the police dog constituted an unconstitutional use of deadly force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. On August 19, 1991, plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint in order to add Officer Robert Michael Watkins as a named defendant. The district court denied plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint finding that Officer Watkins did not receive notice of the filing of the suit until after the statute of limitations had run. On January 25, 1993, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant Leon E. Jones, Sr. finding that the use of force against plaintiff was reasonable under the circumstances. We affirm the district court because we hold that the facts as alleged by Matthews do not state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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