Muthana v. Sumeral, MI, Complaint, Excessive Force Hand Injury, 2013 2:13-cv-14471-MOB-MKM Doc # 1 Filed 10/24/13 Pg 1 of 7 Pg ID 1 MIEO (Rev. 2/07) Prisoner Civil Rights Complllint Official Use Only Case Number Judf Case:2: 13-cv-14471 Judge: Battani, Marianne 0. MJ : Majzoub, Mona K. Filed: 10-24-2013 At …
Veal v. County of Kent, MI, Settlement, Guard Assault, 2013 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE is entered into as of September 5, 2013, by and between FREDERICK VEAL ("Plaintiff"), on the one hand, and COUNTY OF KENT, RAY PADILLA, GUS SUDUE, JULIE BENNETT and AMBER SCOTT …
Doe v. MDOC, MI, Complaint, Juveniles Housed with Adult Prisoners Sexually Assaulted, 2013 2:13-cv-14356-RHC-RSW Doc # 1 Filed 10/15/13 Pg 1 of 38 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN DOE 1; JOHN DOE 2; JOHN DOE 3; JOHN DOE 5; JOHN DOE …
Michigan County Sanctioned for Defrauding Federal Court in Prisoner Death Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On April 4, 2012, a Michigan federal district court imposed sanctions against Wayne County for committing fraud and misrepresentation upon the court and opposing counsel in a prisoner’s wrongful death suit. The …
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Order Granting Pls' MSD & Denying Defs' MSD, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2013 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 30TH (INGHAM COUNTY) CIRCUIT COURT ______________________________________________ EDWARD ALLEN, OLIVER HARDY, and MICHAEL WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, File No. 12-907-CZ v. …
Sleighter v. Kent Co., MI, Ptf's Opp. to SJ, Jail Methadone Ban, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BRADLEY KEITH SLEIGHTER, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:12-cv-1008 Honorable Judge: GORDON J. QUIST v. KENT COUNTY, by and through the KENT COUNTY …
Jackson v. County of Isabella, MI, Settlement Order, Excercise and Gender Discrimination, 2013 2:12-cv-14807-DML-MKM Doc # 23 Filed 08/23/13 Pg 1 of 16 Pg ID 117 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MARCUS JACKSON, AMANDA HESTER, ASHLEY BUSH, SARA DUNMIRE, and MICHAEL DUNMIRE, Plaintiffs, Case No. …
Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Bars Review of State Court Order by District Courts by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Michigan federal district court’s order that dismissed an action challenging state court orders that allowed confiscation of a prisoner’s pension benefits for incarceration costs. Three Michigan prisoners filed this putative …
Audit Report Recommends Michigan Privatize Prisoner Food Services by An audit report of the prisoner food service operations of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) found deficiencies that increase costs to taxpayers. Amongst the recommendations to cure those issues was to privatize those operations. The June, 2008, report by Michigan’s …
Sixth Circuit Addresses Spoliation Sanction Standard by In holding that the determination of a spoliation sanction should be left to the discretion of the district court, considering the facts of each case individually, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held it would not upset a district court's decision unless it …
9th Circuit: Sanctions Under FRCP 45(c)(1) Not Justified Merely Because Party Seeking Discovery Failed to Prevail by In November 2012, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s sanction order granting attorney fees and costs under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c)(1), holding that sanctions are inappropriate merely because, during discovery, a …
Michigan Family Donating $2.2 Million Settlement for Police Officer’s Killing of Unarmed Man by The City of Sandusky, Michigan has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle litigation stemming from one of its police officers unlawfully killing an unarmed man. The man's father said that the money will be donated …
Acklin v. City of Inkster, MI, Complaint excessive force police Melendez, 2013 2:13-cv-13182-GAD-RSW Doc # 1 Filed 07/24/13 Pg 1 of 9 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION DESHAWN ACKLIN Plaintiff, v. CASE NO: HON: CITY OF INKSTER, WILLIAM MELENDEZ, SHAWN ADAMS, JEFFREY …
Allen v. Heyns, MI, Motion and Brief for Summary Disposition, Class Action, Parolable Life Sentences, 2013 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE 30TH (INGHAM COUNTY) CIRCUIT COURT ______________________________________________ EDWARD ALLEN, OLIVER HARDY, and MICHAEL WATKINS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, File No. 12-907-CZ v. Hon. Joyce …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Due to Non-Exhaustion and Statute of Limitations by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's summary judgment order that erroneously dismissed a Michigan prisoner's lawsuit for non-exhaustion and because it was time-barred. On November 30, 2005, Michigan state prisoner Samuel Surles …
Sixth Circuit: Failed Cancer Diagnosis Not Deliberately Indifferent by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's denial of qualified immunity to a Michigan prison doctor and nurse accused of failing to diagnose a prisoner's bone cancer. On February 13, 2007, Mound Correctional Facility prisoner Joshua Reilly …
Sixth Circuit Orders Judgment Against Three Defendants in Prisoner's Retaliation Case by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated judgments in favor of three prison officials in a prisoner's lawsuit alleging a retaliatory transfer, and ordered that judgment be entered against them. The district court then awarded damages on remand. …
Seventeen Years Pending Re-trial Fails to State Speedy Trial Violation under § 1983 by Seventeen Years Pending Re-trial Fails to State Speedy Trial Violation under § 1983 The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a pretrial detainee did not suffer a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to …
Robinson v. Kent Co., MI, Complaint, Jail Methadone Withdrawal, 2013 Case 1:13-cv-00705-RJJ-HWB Doc #1 Filed 06/28/13 Page 1 of 7 Page ID#1 FILED - GR June 28.20132:19 PM In the United States District Court G €...yo.\d TRACEY CORDES. CLERK us DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIG~t• .(' 1~e.Y\1 R~X:X~'i3temDiStrictofMichigan BY …
