DeNardo

DeNardo v. Smith

Good Law
43 F. App'x 118
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 30, 2002No. 01-35548; D.C. No. CV-96-00466-a-JKSCalifornia264 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Daniel DeNardo appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution, and excessive force. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s summary judgment, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), and we affirm.

The district court correctly concluded that the claims against Cynthia Fellows are time-barred, see DeNardo v. Murphy, 781 F.2d 1345, 1346 (9th Cir.1986), and that DeNardo failed to establish any basis to toll the statute of limitations, see Compton v. Ide, 732 F.2d 1429, 1433 (9th Cir.1984), abrogated on other grounds, Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff Assocs., Inc., 483 U.S. 143, 148-49 (1987).

Because DeNardo’s claims against defendants Richard, Walker, Clark-Weeks, and Mathis are barred by absolute immunity, summary judgment was proper. See Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 431 , 96 S.Ct. 984 , 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976).

The district court properly concluded that the use of a police dog to search for an unknown suspect after hours in a darkened, deserted building is not an unreasonable seizure or excessive force,…

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