BRENT v. WAYNE COUNTY DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

Nos. 17-1428 17-1811.

901 F.3d 656 (2018)

Nathaniel BRENT; Robert Brent, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WAYNE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES et al., Defendants, Mia Wenk; Shevonne Trice; Heather Decormier-McFarland; Monicia Sampson; Charlotte McGehee; Joyce Lamar, Defendants-Appellants. Nathaniel Brent; Robert Brent, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wayne County Department of Human Services; Mia Wenk; Shevonne Trice; Heather Decormier-McFarland; Monicia Sampson; Charlotte McGehee; Joyce Lamar; Emina Biogradlija; Michael Bridson; Detroit Police Department; Two Unknown Detroit Police Officers; Methodist Children's Home Society; The Children's Center; Leslie Smith, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF IN 17-1428: Lisa C. Geminick , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. Nathaniel Brent, Robert Brent, Detroit, Michigan, pro se. ON BRIEF IN 17-1811: Lisa C. Geminick , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, Michigan, for State of Michigan Appellees. Christyn M. Scott , DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellee Methodist Children's Home Society. David M. Saperstein , MADDIN, HAUSER, ROTH & HELLER, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee The Children's Center. Sheri L. Whyte , CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees City of Detroit, Emina Biogradlija, and Michael Bridson. Nathaniel Brent, Robert Brent, Detroit, Michigan, pro se.

Before: MOORE, THAPAR, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case marks the latest appeal in the nearly eight-year-long litigation between the Brent family and the various entities involved in the State of Michigan's temporary removal of Nathaniel and Sherrie Brent's children from their home in 2010. After six years and 270 docket entries, the district...

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