United States Sixth Circuit

District court was correct in abstaining in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim arising from seizure of a vehicle under the Michigan forfeiture statute, as proceedings before it were intertwined with pending state litigation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/27/2003
• Decided 07/17/2003
• Published 07/17/2003

Judges

• Before MARTIN, Chief Circuit Judge;  KENNEDY and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh M. Davis, Jr. (argued), Cynthia Heehan (briefed), Constitutional Litigation Associates, Detroit, MI, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda D. Fegins (argued and briefed), City of Detroit Law Department, Detroit, MI, W. Steven Pearson (briefed), Julie C. Quinlan-Dufrane (argued), Wayne County Corporation Counsel, Detroit, MI, for Appellees.