Date: 07-28-2012

Case Style: Jack Nemcheck v. Garden City

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Judge: Philip Vieux

Court: District Court, Finney County, Kansas

Plaintiff's Attorney: Caleb Boone, Hayes, Kansas

Defendant's Attorney: Kevin McMaster, McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn and Herrington, P.A., Wichita, Kansas

Description: Jack Nemcheck sued the City of Garden City and officer David Wheet on a civil rights violation theory claiming that a Garden City police officer used excessive force when he used a police dog to subdue him during a traffic stop.
Nemcheck was stopped by three Garden City police officers for a traffic violation in February 2004.

Officer Wheet testified that Nemechek became combative and that he eventually released the police dog to help subdue him.

Defendants denied wrongdoing.

Outcome: Defendants' verdict.

Plaintiff's Experts: Ernest Burwell, Los Angeles, California, police procedures

Defendant's Experts:

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