Opinion
Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 2004.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Cal J. Potter, III, Esq., Potter Law Offices, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jason J. Bach, Potter Law Office, John E. Gormley, Esq., Thomas Dillard, Rawlings Olson Cannon Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding.
Before MESKILL, TROTT, and MCKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Thomas J. Meskill, Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
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 municipality,
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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.