SPEET v. SCHUETTE

Case No. 1:11-CV-972.

889 F.Supp.2d 969 (2012)

James SPEET and Ernest Sims, Plaintiffs, v. Bill SCHUETTE, Attorney General for the State of Michigan, in his official capacity; City of Grand Rapids; Kevin Belk, Chief of Police of the Grand Rapids Police Department, in his official capacity; and Officer Gregory Bauer, in his individual capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miriam J. Aukerman , ACLU of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, Daniel Stewart Korobkin , Michael J. Steinberg , ACLU Fund of Michigan, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Margaret P. Bloemers , Grand Rapids, MI, Ann Maurine Sherman , Public Employment, Elections and Torts Division, Lansing, MI, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT J. JONKER, District Judge.

In this case, Plaintiffs James Speet and Ernest Sims challenge a Michigan statute, MICH. COMP. L. § 750.167(1)(h), that makes it a crime to beg in a public place. They assert that the statute, both on its face and as applied to them, violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. They seek declaratory and injunctive relief. They...

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