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JARRETT v. TOWN OF YARMOUTH

No. 00-2498.

331 F.3d 140 (2003)

Jerome JARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOWN OF YARMOUTH, Gerard Britt, Cheryl Nugent Gomsey, Richard White, Defendants, Peter McClelland, Robert Chapman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 6, 2003.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied June 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard H. Kesten, with whom Deidre Brennan Regan and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten were on brief, for appellants Peter McClelland and Robert Chapman.

Donald W. Cook, with whom Kathleen J. Wood was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 12, 2003.

PER CURIAM.

On December 16, 1994, Jerome Jarrett fled the scene of a minor traffic accident and was subsequently apprehended by Shadow, a police dog controlled by Yarmouth Police Officer Peter McClelland. Shadow bit Jarrett at least twice on the leg in the course of corralling him before officers arrived to take the suspect into custody. Jarrett filed 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against...

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