Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student by On August 16, 2012, a federal jury in Detroit found Andrew Shirvell, a homophobic former Michigan Assistant Attorney General, guilty of stalking, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy in a civil lawsuit filed by …
Smith v. County of Lenawee, MI, 2nd Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Withdrawal, 2013 2:09-cv-10648-DML-MJH Doc # 169 Filed 05/28/13 Pg 1 of 15 Pg ID 3550 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BRENDA SUE SMITH, Deceased, By SUETTA SMITH, Personal Representative of the Estate of …
Mandatory Lifetime Monitoring a Direct Consequence of Sex Offense Plea Bargain in Michigan by The Michigan Supreme Court has held that mandatory lifetime electronic monitoring is a direct consequence of a plea to first-degree criminal sexual conduct or second-degree criminal sexual conduct. As such, when a defendant enters a guilty …
Sixth Circuit: Disciplinary Conviction Does Not Bar Excessive Force Claim by Christopher Zoukis Prisoners who claim they were assaulted by guards in violation of the Eighth Amendment are not barred from challenging such abuse in court even if they were found guilty of disciplinary charges in connection with the incident, …
Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Jail Medical Indifference Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 4, 2010, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed the summary judgment granted to Michigan jail and medical personnel based on fatal deliberate indifference to a prisoner's serious medical needs. Deceased former …
$1 Million Settlement Reached in Michigan Teen Stun Gun Death by A Michigan Court approved a $1 million settlement to a family of a 15 year-old youth who died as a result of being hit with a stun gun by Bay City Police. In March 2009, Bay City Police were …
Sleighter v. Kent Co., MI, Expedited Consideration Request, 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 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ADMINISTRATION, UNDER SHERIFF HESS and …
Former Detroit Officers Award $6.5 Million in Whistleblower Lawsuit by A Michigan jury found the former mayor and City of Detroit liable of violating the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) and awarded a pair of ex-police officers $6.5 million. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit were found liable …
$8 Million Settlement by Michigan Jail over Baby's Injuries by An $8 million settlement was reached in a lawsuit claiming guards and officials at Michigan’s Wayne County Jail (WCJ) failed to treat a female prisoner in active labor, resulting in serious injury to the infant. When Chantrienes Barker was booked …
Sixth Circuit of US Court of Appeals Affirms Grant of Habeas Corpus by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed in May 2012 the order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan conditionally granting the petition for habeas corpus relief in the …
Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals Redefines Michigan Prisoner’s Mandamus by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit subjected a Michigan prisoner’s petition for a writ of mandamus to the five prong test case, John B. v. Goetz, 531 F.3d 457 (6th Cir. 2008), and other case …
Ninth Circuit: Officer May Be Liable for Unlawful Seizure and Conspiracy by On September 29, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals held that a Michigan police officer who conspired to falsely arrest a man was not entitled to summary judgment. Nidal Bazzi, a felon on federal supervised release, was …
Sixth Circuit Court Reverses a First Amendment Retaliation Issue by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded in May 2012 a Michigan district court’s decision for the defendant in a prison guard’s suit against prison officials for retaliatory job reassignment at the prison. Ruth …
Sleighter v. Kent Co., MI, Mtn. for Class Cert., Jail Methadone Ban, 2013 Case 1:12-cv-01008-GJQ-ESC Doc #18 Filed 03/13/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID#81 FILED -GR March 13, 2013 11 :29 AM TRACEY CORDES. CLERK U.S. DISTRICT CO~URT ~STERN DISTRICT a III BY -1lJ'_I_ SCANIIED BY UNITED STATES OF …
Murphy v. Lockhart, MI, Settlement, escape retaliation religious rights mail telephone family segregation, 2013 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION TIMOTHY MURPHY, #183248, Plaintiff, No. 2:10-cv-11676 V. HON. DAVID M. LAWSON SEAN LOCKHART, THOMAS BIRKETT, RAYBOWERSON, MICHAEL KRAJNIK, SARAH BEARSS, KENNETH WERNER, MAG. LAURIE J. MICHELSON …
Seales v. City of Detroit, MI, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Imprisonment, 2013 Case 4:12-cv-11679-GAD-DRG ECF No. 28 filed 04/09/13 PageID.121 Page 1 of 22 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MARVIN SEALES, Plaintiff, Case No. 4:12-cv-11679 Hon. Gershwin A. Drain v CITY OF DETROIT, a Municipal Corporation; …
Supreme Court Adopts Strickland Prejudice Standard for Rejected Plea Bargains by Derek Gilna The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, has extended Strickland guarantees of effective legal representation to defendants entering into plea bargains. According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, who delivered the majority opinion of the Court, “The reality …
Pay-to-Stay Jail Programs Growing by Due in part to stressed government budgets, “pay-to-stay” fees imposed on prisoners in county jails are becoming more prevalent. Two counties, one in Ohio and the other in California, are now collecting incarceration costs from detainees. After Keller Blackburn became prosecutor for Athens County, Ohio, …
