United States Sixth Circuit

In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages from individual Detroit police officers for their alleged unconstitutional seizure and malicious prosecution of plaintiffs, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as: 1) no reasonable juror could find that probable cause did not support one plaintiff's arrest; 2) plaintiffs failed to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding the existence of a city-wide custom or policy of unconstitutional treatment of witnesses; 3) plaintiff failed to properly raise a claim based on a failure-to-train theory; and 4) a subornation of perjury claim failed as it was meritless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2007
• Published 09/25/2007

Judges

• Before:  GIBBONS and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Christopher J. Trainor, Law Offices of Christopher Trainor & Associates, White Lake, Michigan, for Appellants.  Linda D. Fegins, City of Detroit Law Department, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Christopher J. Trainor, Law Offices of Christopher Trainor & Associates, White Lake, Michigan, Kevin L. Laidler, Law Offices of Kevin Laidler, Pontiac, Michigan, for Appellants.  Linda D. Fegins, City of Detroit Law Department, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.