Nancy Hooks v. City of Warren, MI

Type

Opinion

Author

Kevin Gafford Ritz

Filed

May 30, 2025

Case

Nancy Hooks v. City of Warren, MI

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0266n.06 Case No. 24-1375 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT NANCY HOOKS, ) FILED ) May 30, 2025 Plaintiff - Appellee, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) v. ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED CITY OF WARREN, MICHIGAN, ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE Defendant, ) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ) LUCAS DOE and BRYAN MUNAFO, ) OPINION Officers; ANTHONY GIANNOLA; ) MARCHELLOE DELOS BROWN, ) ) Defendants - Appellants. ) Before: COLE, McKEAGUE, and RITZ, Circuit Judges. RITZ, Circuit Judge. In April 2019, 57-year-old Nancy Hooks stopped her car in Warren, Michigan to assist a teenage victim of a street fight. She stayed on the scene to help police officers locate the mob who had beaten him. Police officers dismissed her help, calling her a “white trash bitch.” Hooks then pulled out her cell phone and walked away, apparently to film the officers. The police chased after her, telling her to leave. But as Hooks was walking away, an officer approached her, causing her to throw up her arm. The officer slammed Hooks to the ground, handcuffed her, and took her away. Hooks was prosecuted in Michigan state court for “hindering,” and a jury acquit…

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