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Carroll v. County of Monroe
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2013) | 712 F.3d 649; 2013 WL 908470; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4940
TL;DR: Police executing a no-knock warrant shot and killed a family's dog. The court affirmed a jury verdict for the officers, finding the shooting was not an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment because the dog posed an immediate threat in a dangerous "fatal funnel" entryway.
Legal Significance: Establishes that while killing a companion animal is a Fourth Amendment seizure, it is not per se unreasonable. The reasonableness of using lethal force against a dog during a no-knock warrant is judged by the totality of the circumstances, including officer safety in a "fatal funnel."