COOPWOOD v. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

No. 22-1485.

74 F.4th 416 (2023)

Jaquetta Ann COOPWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN; Jonith Watts, Sergeant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Felipe De Jesús Hernández , RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Davidde A. Stella , WAYNE COUNTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Felipe De Jesús Hernández, RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, Washington, D.C., Kevin A. Landau , THE LANDAU GROUP, PC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, David Shapiro , NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois, Rosalind E. Dillon , RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, Easha Anand , RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, San Francisco, California, for Appellant. Davidde A. Stella, WAYNE COUNTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. Jennifer Wedekind , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Washington, D.C., Daniel S. Korobkin , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Meaghan D. Nowell , Conrad D. Hester , ALSTON & BIRD LLP, Fort Worth, Texas, for Amici Curiae.

Before: GILMAN, READLER, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Jaquetta Ann Coopwood was around six-months pregnant and incarcerated in the Wayne County Jail (the Jail) when she was allegedly kicked in the stomach by Deputy Jailer Jonith Watts. After losing her child in a stillbirth, Coopwood brought suit against Watts and Wayne County (collectively, Defendants...

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