Fabian Sebastian v. Douglas County, Colorado Douglas County Sheriff's Office David A. Weaver, Dougla — Hood, J…

Summary

The dissent would hold that Sebastian was seized when a deputy intentionally released a police dog trained to find and bite fleeing suspects, even though the dog attacked Sebastian rather than the specifically intended targets. It reasons that the relevant intent is the intent to deploy an instrumentality to terminate someone's freedom of movement, not the intent to seize a particular individual. The dissent does not decide whether the use of force was unreasonable or whether Sebastian's civil-rights claim ultimately succeeds.