DECISIONS AFFECTING:
| * Louisiana
* Mississippi * Texas |
CASE : HUDSON
v HUGHES
98 F. 3d 868 (1996) Fifth Circuit
INITIAL SUSPECT VIOLATIONS:
1) Suspect Hudson was knocked off his bike during a burglary arrest.
2) The case is unclear on the actual event.
CANINE DEPLOYMENT DECISION / FACTORS:
1) The case is unclear on this decision.
2) Hudson is arrested for burglary, felon in possession of a firearm, battery of an officer, battery of a police dog, resisting arrest, resisting arrest by fleeing, possession of stolen property, assault and carrying a concealed weapon.
COURT’S RULINGS, FINDINGS AND COMMENTS:
1) Hudson alleged that during his arrest a police officer incited a K-9 dog to bite him while he was lying face down.
2) The court ruled that Hudson could not maintain this excessive force action where, if successful, would render Hudson’s convictions invalid.
CASE:
COCHRAN v CITY OF DEER PARK, TEXAS
108 Fed. Appx. 129 (Fifth Circuit 2004)
(See Canine Liability Settlement Agreement Section)
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