BIBLE BELIEVERS v. WAYNE COUNTY, MICH.

No. 13-1635.

805 F.3d 228 (2015)

BIBLE BELIEVERS; Ruben Chavez, aka Ruben Israel; Arthur Fisher; Joshua DeLosSantos, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN; Benny N. Napoleon, in his official capacity as Sheriff, Wayne County Sheriff's Office; Dennis Richardson, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Chief, Wayne County Sheriff's Office; Mike Jaafar, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Chief, Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Joseph Muise , American Freedom Law Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellants. Nabih H. Ayad , Ayad Law, P.L.L.C., Canton, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robert Joseph Muise , American Freedom Law Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, David Yerushalmi , American Freedom Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Nabih H. Ayad , Ayad Law, P.L.L.C., Canton, Michigan, for Appellees. Nathan W. Kellum , Center For Religious Expression, Memphis, Tennessee, Daniel S. Korobkin , American Civil Liberties Union, Detroit, Michigan, Julie M. Carpenter , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

SUTTON, J. (pg. 266), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part in Part I of the majority opinion, and in Parts II and III of the dissent of GIBBONS, J. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 266-74), delivered a separate dissent in which COOK and McKEAGUE, JJ., joined, and SUTTON, J., joined in part. ROGERS, J. (pp. 274-78), delivered a separate dissent in which GIBBONS, COOK, McKEAGUE, and DONALD, JJ., joined.


OPINION

Plaintiffs Ruben Chavez ("Israel"), Arthur Fisher, Joshua DeLosSantos, and the Bible Believers (collectively "the Bible Believers" or "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants Sheriff Benny N. Napoleon, Deputy Chief Dennis Richardson, Deputy Chief Mike Jaafar...

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