United States Sixth Circuit

A judgment granting discovery to defendant and dismissing the indictment against him on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm is reversed where, under the proper standard for disposing of discovery requests related to selective-prosecution claims, defendant failed to establish a racially discriminatory effect with regard to a Project Safe Neighborhoods program and failed to provide any evidence of the government's discriminatory intent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2006
• Published 12/27/2006

Judges

• Before GILMAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  HEYBURN, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jonathan Tukel, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  David S. Steingold, Law Offices of David S. Steingold, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Jonathan Tukel, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  David S. Steingold, Tracie Dominique Palmer, Law Offices of David S. Steingold, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.