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CHEW v. GATES

No. CV 89-5204 RG(JRx).

744 F.Supp. 952 (1990)

Thane Carl CHEW, Plaintiff, v. Daryl GATES, individually and as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department; City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation and Public Entity of the State of California; and Daniel Bunch; Donald Yarnall; Mark Mooring; Patrick McKinley; and Does 1 through 10, 14, 16 through 20, inclusive, each individually and as a Los Angeles Police Officer, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

August 31, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George V. Denny III, Sherman Oaks, Cal., for Thane Carl Chew.

James K. Hahn, City Atty., John T. Neville, Sr. Asst. City Atty., William W. Koepcke, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for City of Los Angeles.

ORDER AND OPINION

GADBOIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Thane Carl Chew brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when a police dog injured him during his arrest. Here, certain defendants move for summary judgment on plaintiff's claims that the training and use of police dogs to search for, seize and hold suspects is unconstitutional.

FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS

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