PUTMAN v. HARRIS

No. 22-1360.

66 F.4th 181 (2023)

Dillard A. PUTMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Corporal Quentin HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant, and Sergeant Travis Hayton, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Julian Friedman Harf , GUYNN WADDELL CARROLL & LOCKABY, P.C., Salem, Virginia, for Appellant. Andrew Lucchetti , HALPERIN LAW CENTER, LLC, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Darrell J. Getman , HALPERIN LAW CENTER, LLC, Glen Allen, Virginia, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Cogburn joined.


Virginia police responded to a 911 call seeking help to locate Dillard Putman, who they were told was potentially armed and suicidal. After failing to find Putman in his house, two officers and a K-9 searched the surrounding woods. The dog quickly caught Putman's scent, leading officers to find him lying in a shallow ditch....

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