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Type
Opinion
Author
Richard Allen Griffin
Filed
Aug. 5, 2025
Case
Sherrell King v. City of Lincoln Park MI
Case status
Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0391n.06 No. 24-2017 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED ) Aug 05, 2025 SHERRELL KING, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT CITY OF LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN, a ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN Michigan municipal corporation, ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Defendant, ) ) OPINION NICK KOSMALSKI, in his individual capacity, ) ) Defendant-Appellant. ) Before: GRIFFIN, LARSEN, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges. GRIFFIN, J., announced the judgment of the court and delivered the lead opinion in which MATHIS, J., concurred in part. MATHIS, J. (pp. 13–17), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. LARSEN, J. (pp. 18–22), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge. During a traffic stop, officers discovered that plaintiff Sherrell King had outstanding traffic warrants and thus handcuffed and briefly detained her. King twice complained about the handcuffs’ tightness, but defendant Officer Nick Kosmalski ignored her second complaint. King allegedly suffered injuries from the handcuffing, so sh…

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