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"&lt;img alt=\"0817_sean_avery_getty_ex\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/17/0817-sean-avery-getty-ex.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NHL star &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/sean-avery/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sean Avery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; just caught a fast break in his police battery case -- because we're told, he won't face any charges after his recent arrest ... for allegedly shoving a cop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, \"No criminal charges of any kind will be filed against Sean Avery stemming from his August 5 arrest for battery on a police officer.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/05/sean-avery-nhl-new-york-rangers-hockey-player-arrested-battery-police-officer-hollywood/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;first reported&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, cops showed up to Sean's Hollywood Hills home in response to a noise complaint -- and when Avery answered the door ... he allegedly shoved an officer and closed the door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But according to law enforcement sources, a further investigation revealed that no officer was ever actually pushed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told the officer who made the battery report did so after his \nfoot was caught in Avery's front door -- and multiple witnesses have corroborated the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to sources, police don't believe it's appropriate to charge Avery -- and agree the matter would be best handled by an informal meeting with the L.A. City Attorney, who's expected to officially close the case ... without prosecution.&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"clear\"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/08/05/3881-hockey-fights\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/05/0805-hockey-fight-footer-credit.jpg\" alt=\"0805_hockey_fight_footer\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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