Opinion ID: 738064
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Alleged Assault and Use of Racially Abusive Language

Text: 21 While Wade concedes that there is no evidence that this conduct was part of a pattern of similarly abusive behavior, he nevertheless argues that the City maintained an unwritten policy that allows officers to engage in such behavior in order to effectuate a property seizure. This argument fails to defeat summary judgment for the City. 22 There is no record evidence that the City maintained a policy or practice, written or unwritten, that would allow a police officer to engage in racial taunting or other racially abusive behavior in order to complete a property seizure. Wade has also presented no evidence that the City delegated the authority to decide whether or not to use racially abusive language in such situations to its officers. Without such evidence, Wade's § 1983 claim must fail.