U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004

Silva v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Silva v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided October 7, 2004
110 F. App'x 830

Silva v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Manuel Silva appeals the district court’s granting of the motion for summary judgment of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (“Metro”) and individual officers named as defendants (the “Defendant Officers”). Silva brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Defendant Officers as individuals and Metro as a munici*831pality, alleging that the Defendant Officers violated his Fourth Amendment rights by conducting an unreasonable search and seizure and by using excessive force against him. In addition, Silva brought tort claims under Nevada state law. See Nev.Rev.Stat. 41.032. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We affirm for the reasons set out by the district judge in his order granting summary judgment dated May 12, 2003.

AFFIRMED.

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