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WALKER v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD.

No. 08-1462.

575 F.3d 426 (2009)

Robert WALKER; Courtney Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND; Janet Jacobs, # 907 in her official capacity and individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Christopher Crump, Smith Graham & Crump, LLC, Largo, Maryland, for Appellants. Stephen Thibodeau, Prince George's County Office of Law, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Associate Justice O'CONNOR wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge ANDERSON joined.

OPINION

O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Retired):

This is a case about a wolf named Dutchess. Concerned that the wolf's presence on residential property posed a risk to the public, a Prince George's County Animal Control Officer seized Dutchess and left word for her absent owners. Those owners sued the officer and the county for monetary damages, arguing that the seizure violated their civil rights. The district court concluded that the officer was entitled...

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