United States Sixth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gray v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction for aggravated murder and kidnapping is affirmed in part, and reversed in part...

US v. West

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to two search warrants and his resulting conviction for being a felon in possession...

Smith v. Williams-Ash

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a social worker claiming violation of their due process right to a hearing before the temporary removal of...

King v. Ambs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising from plaintiff's arrest after he repeatedly told another individual not to talk to defendant-officer,...

Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging racial discrimination by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a judgment and award in favor of plaintiff finding that TVA's...

Adkins v. Wolever

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In plaintiff's suit against a guard at a correctional facility alleging the guard assaulted him in his cell and caused serious injuries, denial of an...

Graham v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of removal based on Jamaican petitioner's status as an alien convicted of an aggravated felony is denied over...

Ahmed v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Petition for review brought by a citizen of Yemen of a final order of removal is granted where the BIA abused its discretion in denying a motion to...

US v. Urrieta

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for being an illegal alien in possession of firearms and possession of unlawful identification documents, denial of defendant's...

Arendale v. City of Memphis

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights suit brought by a white police officer against the city of Memphis, summary judgment for the city is affirmed where: 1) the implied...