JONES v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN

No. 21-1055.

20 F.4th 1117 (2021)

S. Baxter JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN; Reuben Fluker; Robin Cleaver; Edward Hudson; Elvin Barren, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kathryn Bruner James , GOODMAN HURWITZ & JAMES, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Cheryl L. Ronk , CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kathryn Bruner James , GOODMAN HURWITZ & JAMES, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Cheryl L. Ronk , CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.

SUTTON, Chief Judge, delivered the opinion of the court in which GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge, joined. MOORE, Circuit Judge (pp. 1123-27), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

After police arrested Baxter Jones during a protest in Detroit, he sued the City on several grounds, including a claim that the police officers failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for him when they took him to the police station. Officers transported Jones, who uses a wheelchair, in a cargo van. That...

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