BOYKIN v. VAN BUREN TP.

No. 06-1359.

479 F.3d 444 (2007)

Jeffrey BOYKIN; Adrian Boykin; Jeffrey Boykin, Jr., a minor; Jeniece Boykin, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP; Van Buren Township Police Department; Dale Harrison; Chris Hayes; Meijer, Inc.; Gregory Chaney; Jason Youmans, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Philip H. Seymour, Cooper, Shifman, Gabe, Quinn & Seymour, Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellants. Joseph Nimako, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, Livonia, Michigan, Jeffrey C. Gerish, Plunkett & Cooney, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before MARTIN, COLE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jeffrey Boykin appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants, alleging a violation of his constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and various state-law claims. Boykin was thought by private security guards at a Meijer store to have shoplifted a drill that was on sale for five dollars. As it turns out, the guards were mistaken; he had paid in full for the...

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