VENTURA, Calif. - A man who sued a California police department after he was shocked twice with a Taser has been awarded $1 in damages.

A federal court jury in Ventura County awarded Max Vasquez the minimum figure earlier this month in his excessive-force lawsuit.

Vasquez claimed a Santa Paula officer jolted him twice - including once while he was partially handcuffed - during his arrest three years ago on suspicion of domestic violence and resisting an officer. The charges were later dropped.

Last year, Santa Paula agreed to pay $250,000 in a lawsuit by a man who claimed he suffered a serious back injury when he was taken to the ground and shocked twice in 2006.