Myron Dewberry v. The City of Bakersfield Daniel Stevenson Lyle Martin

45 F.3d 435 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Myron DEWBERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF BAKERSFIELD; Daniel Stevenson; Lyle Martin, Defendants-Appellees, No. 93-16456. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 14, 1994. Decided Jan. 3, 1995. 1 Before: ALARCON, HALL, Circuit Judges, and KING, * Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Myron Dewberry appeals from the order granting the defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in this section 1983 civil rights action. 4 Dewberry contends that the district court erred in granting defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law because he had not had a full opportunity to demonstrate that the individual defendants used excessive force in effecting his arrest, and to present evidence to the jury that the City of Bakersfield's ("the City") policy concerning the use of dogs to apprehend a fleeing…