Bernard Howard v. Dale Collins

Type

Opinion

Author

Eric L. Clay

Filed

Feb. 7, 2025

Case

Bernard Howard v. Dale Collins

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0072n.06 No. 24-1079 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ) FILED BERNARD HOWARD, Feb 07, 2025 ) Plaintiff - Appellee, ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT DALE COLLINS; WILLIAM RICE; STEVEN ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN MYLES; MONICA CHILDS, ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Defendant - Appellants, ) ) OPINION REGINALD HARVEL, ) ) Defendant. ) Before: SILER, CLAY, and READLER, Circuit Judges. CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SILER, J., concurred. READLER, J. (pp. 17–18), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment. CLAY, Circuit Judge. As an 18-year-old, Bernard Howard was convicted of a triple homicide after he gave a statement confessing he participated in the crime. He spent 26 years in prison before a Michigan court vacated his convictions at the request of the prosecuting office, after an investigation yielding evidence that Howard’s confession was unreliable and coerced by Detroit police officers. As relevant to this appeal, Howard now brings three 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against Defendant Monica Childs, the detective responsible for taking his statement. He…

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