Detroit Judge Not Immune From Suit For ‘Scaring’ Teen Who Fell Asleep In His Courtroom
A Detroit district court judge can be sued over actions that he took against a teenager who fell asleep during a vocational program in his courtroom, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Federal Appeals Court: No Expectation Of Privacy In Hidden Camera Storage Cards
A houseguest who secretly placed recording devices in the host’s home did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the storage cards that the devices contained, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Federal Appeals Court: Michigan’s Newborn Blood Screening Program Is Constitutional
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was wrongly ordered to return or destroy the plaintiffs’ stored blood spots and data that had been collected under Michigan’s newborn health screening program, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
U.S. Court of Appeals Says CPS Workers Have Qualified Immunity
In a suit regarding temporary removal of custody, the U.S. Court of Appeals found that CPS workers have qualified immunity where no clearly established statutory or constitutional rights exist.
No Immunity For WV Judge Who Led Warrantless Search Of Litigant’s Home
A judge was not entitled to judicial immunity after she paused a court hearing to go personally participate in a warrantless search of a litigant’s home.
6th Circuit Decision In First Amendment Parody Case Appealed To U.S. Supreme Court
A First Amendment parody case decided earlier this year by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently landed on the doorstep of the United States Supreme Court.
Social Workers Violated Fourth Amendment By Conducting In-School, Warrantless Interviews Of Children
Social workers who conducted in-school interviews of the plaintiffs’ children violated the plaintiffs’ 4th Amendment rights because the social workers did not have a “reasonable suspicion” of abuse.
Driver Voluntarily Consented To Blood Draw: Evidence Wrongly Suppressed
A trial court improperly held that a driver’s consent to a blood draw was involuntary and, as a result, wrongly suppressed the blood-draw evidence at his drunk-driving hearing.
Officer Needed Vehicle Passenger’s Consent Before Searching His Backpack
A police officer did not have the authority to search a backpack belonging to the passenger in a vehicle because the officer did not first obtain the passenger’s consent.
Order Requiring Drug Tests for a Parent of a Juvenile Adjudicated Delinquent is Unconstitutional, but its Unconstitutionality Was Waived
In In re Dorsey, the appellant's son had been adjudicated delinquent and was subject to the jurisdiction of the family division of the circuit court.