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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
Nov. 19, 2025
Case
Kevin Lamb v. Scott Crofoot
Case status
Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0530n.06 Case No. 25-1313 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Nov 19, 2025 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk KEVIN R. LAMB ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SCOTT CROFOOT and TOWNSHIP OF MICHIGAN ) JONESFIELD, ) Defendants-Appellees. ) OPINION Before: THAPAR, READLER, and HERMANDORFER, Circuit Judges. THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Kevin Lamb wanted to build a greenhouse in his front yard. Unfortunately, that project violated local zoning ordinances. So inspector Scott Crofoot entered Lamb’s property and put up a stop work order. Lamb believes Crofoot’s actions violated the Constitution and Michigan law. They did not. I. A few years ago, Kevin Lamb began constructing a vegetable greenhouse in the front yard of his house in Jonesfield Township, near the intersection of two roads. Scott Crofoot, an inspector for the Township, received a complaint about the construction and determined that Lamb hadn’t received a construction permit. So he drove to Lamb’s home and walked onto the property to No. 25-1313, Lamb v. Crofoot inspect the greenhouse. After enteri…

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