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SANFORD v. CITY OF DETROIT

Case No. 17-13062.

DAVONTAE SANFORD, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHAEL RUSSELL, and JAMES TOLBERT, Defendants.

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

December 4, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davontae Sanford, Plaintiff, represented by Amelia Green , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin LLP, Bettina K. Roberts , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, Emma Freudenberger , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, Huwaida Arraf , Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Julie H. Hurwitz , Goodman and Hurwitz, P.C., Kathryn Bruner James , Goodman and Hurwitz, P.C., Len H. Kamdang , Neufeld, Scheck and Brustin, LLP, Meghna Philip , Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, Nick J. Brustin , Cochran, Neufeld & William H. Goodman , Goodman and Hurwitz.

Michael Russell, In his official and/or individual capacity, jointly and severally & James Tolbert, In his official capacity and/or individual capacity, jointly and severally, Defendants, represented by Jerry L. Ashford , Detroit City Law Department, Krystal A. Crittendon , Detroit City Law Department, Michael T. Berger , Seward Henderson PLLC, Michael A. Knoblock , Seward Henderson PLLC & T. Joseph Seward , Seward Peck & Henderson PLLC.

The Detroit News, Inc., Interested Party, represented by James E. Stewart , Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.

Jesse King, Interested Party, represented by E. Regina Jones .

Ernest Davis, Material Witness, represented by Steven F. Fishman .

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

Fourteen-year-old Davontae Sanford was convicted of murdering four people upon his plea of guilty in a Detroit, Michigan court in 2008. After another person confessed to the crimes and confirmed that...

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