Ethan Ennes v. Presque Isle County, MI

Type

Opinion

Author

Raymond M. Kethledge

Filed

Feb. 27, 2026

Case

Ethan Ennes v. Presque Isle County, MI

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0098n.06 No. 25-1389 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Feb 27, 2026 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ETHAN ENNES, by and through his guardian, Dan ) Moran, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) v. COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ) PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY, MICHIGAN; DAVE SCHMOLDT, ) OPINION ) Defendants-Appellees. ) Before: KETHLEDGE, BUSH, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges. KETHLEDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BUSH and NALBANDIAN, JJ., concurred. BUSH, J. (pp. 9–10), delivered a separate concurring opinion. KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. Ethan Ennes, a mentally challenged teenager, had a violent outburst in his classroom. Teachers called the school police officer, Dave Schmoldt, to the room. Schmoldt tried to calm Ennes, but soon they were wrestling on the floor. Ennes later sued Schmoldt for excessive force, false arrest, and a variety of state-law torts. Ennes also sued Presque Isle County, alleging that it had failed to train and supervise Schmoldt. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants. We affirm. I. Although Schmoldt denies many of Enne…

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