Michigan FOIA Doesn’t Require Disclosure of Court Documents by Parnell Seaton, a Michigan state prisoner, filed suit in state court to compel the prosecutor to disclose court documents and transcripts from his criminal trial, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. …
Michigan FOIA Requires Particularized Explanation of Reasons for Denying Records Requests by The Evening News Association (News) requested documents associated with the investigation of a homicide committed by a police officer, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. (Mich. Stat. Ann. …
Michigan Mental Patient Properly Denied Documents Under FOIA for Failure to Establish Indigence by Roger Kearney, III, a Michigan state mental patient, sought copies of his treatment records without having to pay copying fees, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. …
Michigan Prison Disciplinary Decisions not Subject to FOIA by Raymond Walen and David Desorcy (Prisoners) Michigan state prisoners, sued guards in state court under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. (Mich. Stat. Ann. § 4.1801(1) et seq.) to compel inspection of decisions …
MI Prisoner Awarded Costs and Given Documents Under FIOA by Steven Haskins, a Michigan state prisoner, sued in state court under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. (Mich. Stat. Ann. § 4.1801(1) et seq.), to compel Oronoko Township to disclose to him …
Michigan Prisoner Properly Denied Review of Documents too Numerous to Transport to Him by Jason Mithrandir, Robert Van Horn, John Chapman and Joseph Molinari (Prisoners), all Michigan state prisoners housed in segregation, asked to review Department of Corrections’ (DOC) files, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Mich. …
Michigan Prisoner’s FOIA Suit Dismissed Because No Violation Occurred by Ronald Jordan, A Michigan state prisoner, requested documents from a prison office manager (Manager) under the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.231 et seq. (Mich. Stat. Ann. § 4.1801(1) et seq.). After several weeks went …
Michigan Prisoner Awarded $500 for DOC's Violation of FOIA by Timothy Kincaid, a Michigan state prisoner, sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in state court under the state Freedom of information Act (FOIA), Mich. Comp. Laws 15.231 et sec, to compel disclosure of his disciplinary records. The trial court …
Reuther v. Chapman, MI, Discovery Order, Jail Guard Brutality, 2008 2:07-cv-12249-GER-MKM Doc # 53 Filed 05/16/08 Pg 1 of 8 Pg ID 533 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ROBERT REUTHER, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-CV-12249-DT VS. DISTRICT JUDGE GERALD E. ROSEN LONNIE CHAPMAN, et al., …
Michigan Prisoner Beaten By Guards Awarded $6,004 by On November 17, 2006, a Michigan jury awarded state prisoner Robert Brooks $6,004 for a beating he received at the hands of two guards. Brooks, who was serving time in a maximum-security Michigan prison for a 1982 murder, claimed he was attacked …
Okay to Open Mail Sent by Attorney General by The plaintiff alleged that defendants opened a piece of mail from the state Attorney General's office in his absence. He has no standing to raise a court access claim absent a showing of prejudice. However, the court construes his complaint as …
Michigan Counties Unsuccessful at Collecting Costs of Jail Imprisonment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 12, 2007, the Lenawee County Commission became embroiled in a debate over how to collect $6.3 million in outstanding ?room and board? fees from former jail prisoners that had accrued over the past …
Sykes v Anderson, et al., MI, Plf Supp Trial Brief, malicious prosecution, 2008 Case 2:05-cv-71199-NGE-RSW Document 169 Filed 02/18/2008 Page 1 of 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION KIMBERLY SYKES, Plaintiff, Case No. 05-71199 Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen vs. DERRICK …
Cumulative Tightening of Michigan Lifers' Parole Eligibility Rules Held Ex Post Facto by John Dannenberg by John R. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, has held that a decade of cumulative changes to parole eligibility regulations for Michigan's life-sentenced prisoners violated the U.S. …
Non-Convicted Michigan Sex Offenders Required to Register by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Michigan's Sex Offender Registration law, which requires persons charged with but not convicted of sex crimes to register as sex offenders, is constitutional. The Court's ruling affirms an order granting summary judgment to …
Sykes v. Anderson, MI, Consolidated Trial Brief, Fabrication of Evidence, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION KIMBERLY SYKES, Plaintiff v Case No. 05-71199 Judge Nancy G. Edmunds Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen DERRICK ANDERSON, CAROL NICHOLS, and MAURICE McCLURE, jointly and severally and in their …
Michigan Anti-Civil Rights Amendment Declared Unconstitutional by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan declared unconstitutional a March 2000 amendment to Michigan?s Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), which had stripped prisoners from protection against discrimination. This important ruling, which is being …
Michigan’s Solution to Prisoner Healthcare: Close the Prison by David Reutter Michigan's Solution to Prisoner Healthcare: Close the Prison by David M. Reutter In December 2006, a federal district court found the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) in contempt in the long-running Hadix case, and ordered prison officials to submit …
PLRA 150% Attorney Fee Cap Applies to All Attorney Work, Including Appellate Work by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held "that the PLRA applies to all attorney fees generated by a prevailing party -- trial, post-trial, and on appeal." The PLRA, or Prison Litigation Reform Act, limits attorney …
Michigan: $3.3 Million Settlement for 9 Years Wrongful Imprisonment by On September 5, 2005, a man who spent nine years in prison for a rape he didn?t commit settled with the Township of Clinton, Michigan, for an approximate total of $3,338,160. Kenneth Wyniemko was convicted in 1994 of raping and …
