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Case history

  • May 28, 2019
    decided Decision issued in Dawn Green v. City of Southfield, Mich.

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion Author not recorded May 28, 2019

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. *283Two cars collided in a busy intersection in a Detroit suburb. The police decided that one of the drivers, Dawn Green, ran a red light, and said so in the accident report, though they opted not to give her a ticket. Green sued the three officers and their employer, the City of Southfield, alleging that the investigatio…

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Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton May 28, 2019

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0106p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DAWN GREEN, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, │ │…

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Concurrence Author not recorded May 28, 2019

MURPHY, Circuit Judge, concurring. I join the Court's opinion in full and write only to express some reservations with the specific type of access-to-court claim that Dawn Green asserts here. This claim's contours have been described as " 'nebulous.' " Foster v. City of Lake Jackson , 28 F.3d 425, 430 (5…

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