CRENSHAW v. LISTER

No. 08-14289 Non-Argument Calendar.

556 F.3d 1283 (2009)

Robert W. CRENSHAW, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert LISTER, arresting officer, Emmitt Merritt, assisting arrest officer, Defendants-Appellants, Paul Tierney, acting detective, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Summer Marie Barranco, Purdy Jolly Giuffreda & Barranco, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant.

Robert W. Crenshaw, Immokalee, FL, pro se.

Before CARNES, WILSON and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER 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...

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