it is your claim
that Mr. Young's dogs bit you.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: On what date
did this happen?
>> On July 4, 2017.
>> Judge Judy: Are you and
Mr. Young neighbors?
>> He lives about a block
and a half from me.
>> Judge Judy: Have you seen him
before?
>> No, I have not.
>> Judge Judy: Have you seen
his dogs before?
>> No, I have not.
>> Judge Judy: At what time of
the day on the 4th of July did
this happen?
>> At 6:30 a.m. in the morning.
I was walking.
My primary wants me
to go for 20-minute walks.
>> Judge Judy: Your primary
physician?
>> Yeah, my primary physician...
>> Judge Judy: Primary physician
wants you to do a 20-minute --
>> Walks every day.
And so that's
what I was doing that day,
and I walked
by his house and --
>> Judge Judy: Can you describe
his house?
>> Yes, it's a one-story house
with a one-car garage.
It's on the north side
of the road.
And there's a bush in front of
it, and I was walking
past the bush, and I was --
>> Judge Judy: On the street?
>> No, on the sidewalk.
>> Judge Judy: On the sidewalk?
>> Yes, on the sidewalk,
and I was walking past the bush,
the dogs came around the bush
and bit me from behind,
and then that's where I...
>> Judge Judy: You didn't see
where the dogs
came from, from in the house?
>> No, I did not.
I did see something move
through the bushes,
but I wasn't really aware
that it was
actually dogs or anything.
I heard dogs barking,
but it just didn't occur to me
at that time
it was dogs that were actually
going to attack me.
>> Judge Judy: But the bush
was in front
of the defendant's property?
>> Yes. Yes, out front.
>> Judge Judy: Did you see the
dogs ultimately when they came
around the bush?
>> No, no.
I was right beside the bush.
So, the bush was here.
I was beside it, and the dogs
came around behind me
and got me from behind
as I was walking east
and as I was walking
in that direction
on the sidewalk.
>> Judge Judy: It says here that
you started to run.
>> No, I turned around
and walked backwards
the whole way across the street.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
When you turned around to walk
backwards,
could you see the dogs?
>> Yes.
There was two dogs.
>> Can you describe them?
>> Yes.
They were pit-bull-mix dogs,
with brown, with white stripes
on their back.
And as I got past the other side
of the road, one of the dogs,
the smaller of the two dogs --
They're identical.
These dogs look exactly alike.
The only difference is,
is one is a littler smaller
than the other,
and the small one dropped back
to the defendant's house.
>> Judge Judy: When you say
dropped back to the defendant's
house, where in the defendant's
house?
>> He went back to the yard
somewhere.
I don't know.
I didn't pay too close attention
because these dogs were --
>> Judge Judy: The smaller of
the two?
>> Yeah, because these dogs
were, like, right on top of me.
They were, like, 2 to 3 feet
from me the whole time
that I was walking in reverse.
So they were, like, right there,
and so my concentration
was focused,
like, right here the whole way.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
the pictures of your two dogs.
>> I got them right here,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Would you take
those pictures, Byrd, and show
them to the plaintiff, please?
>> Yes.
Your Honor, these pictures
that -- I have a police report.
>> Judge Judy: No, just a
second.
Do those pictures fairly
and accurately represent
photographs of the dogs
that bit you that day?
>> No, Your Honor,
and the reason --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
So, they do not?
>> No, Your Honor.
>> Now I'm going to take a look
at the pictures.
>> I don't know.
Those are my dogs.
>> Judge Judy:
Who do you live with, Mr. Young?
>> I live with my brother-in-law
and his sister.
>> Judge Judy: And his sister?
>> Yeah.
>> Who is home taking care
of the dogs now?
>> Um...
>> Judge Judy: "Um"
is not an answer.
Who's home
taking care of the dogs now?
>> My sister-in-law.
His sister.