- The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary order allowing Tennessee to proceed with its ban on life-saving medical care for trans minors until a final opinion is given in September https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/23a0146p-06.pdf 8 comments politics
- Sixth Circuit denies Qualified Immunity to officer who fired shots at front door https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/22a0204p-06.pdf 30 comments law
- Man convicted of rape in 1986. In 2009, it emerges that the crime lab tech goofed up the forensic test. At trial, she told jurors that testing did not exclude him; she now says he could not have been the perpetrator. Sixth Circuit: that is not new evidence. Habeas denied. https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0688n-06.pdf 16 comments law
- Sixth Circuit holds that a Michigan lawyer has failed to allege that he has any real prospect of "seduc[ing or] debauch[ing] any unmarried woman" and thus lacks standing to challenge a Michigan statute forbidding him from so doing. https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0558n-06.pdf 48 comments law
- 6th CA strikes down Covid Relief Fund criteria based upon the Race and Sex https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0120p-06.pdf 15 comments law
- 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against racial and sex preferences in allocation of COVID relief funds. https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0120p-06.pdf 172 comments moderatepolitics
- 6th Circuit (en banc) in 9-7 Vote lifts preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of statute that prohibits doctors from performing abortions on fetuses with down syndrome https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0083p-06.pdf 30 comments moderatepolitics
- “It should go without saying that reasonable police officers do not shoot disarmed young boys with upraised hands. But because the majority misconstrues both the factual record and our circuit precedent [...], I must respectfully dissent.” https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/20a0122n-06.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpjelptVTFaamRtTnpZMyIsInQiOiJVTkppVXJtdHN4RFA2NWIrTExHU3FPcllCa1JPblUyRElwMWNqOGE4dE9weFhKZEFEUk5PMGdablh4QVlQRERJSkVrXC9vQ2gzWjR3UGxmRjl4dTA4cHk2Q2FyK0Y0a0JtNEVYMDlVaENlcjh4Nm5QdjlpSjFXa2pmU2VHWjJLMWQifQ%3D%3D 27 comments law
- Qualified Immunity does not protect an officer when they walk into a private home and shoot the owner's dog without cause. PDF 6th Circuit Opinion http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0484n-06.pdf 72 comments law
- Judge Clay, concurring in denial of en banc (9-7, 6th Cir) "In their latest attempt to inflict death by distorted originalism on the modern administrative state, some of my colleagues would have this Court directly contravene the Anti-Injunction Act ..." (2 concurrences and a dissent in 13pp) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0219p-06.pdf 6 comments law
- In May 2017, Judge Sam Benningfield issued an order offering a 30-day sentencing credit to inmates in White County, Tennessee. There was one condition: to obtain the credit, inmates had to submit to sterilization. (6th Cir.) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0060p-06.pdf 9 comments law
- Divided Sixth Circuit panel holds that Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasound and make audible the fetal heartbeat prior to an abortion does not violate the First Amendment (EMW Women’s Surgical Center v. Beshear) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0062p-06.pdf 16 comments law
- 6th Cir.: “Any reasonable officer would know that a citizen who raises her middle finger engages in speech protected by the First Amendment.” (QI & Sec. 1983; 5 pp.) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0043p-06.pdf 23 comments law
- Sixth Circuit holds that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity when they ignore court orders and prevent Muslim inmates from attending the Eid. (Maye v. Klee) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/19a0022p-06.pdf 5 comments law
- “Rare is the defendant who insists that we find him guilty. Rarer still is the defendant who gets his way.” - Sixth Circuit Reinstates Guilty Plea In Case Of Threats Against Mosque (US v. Doggart) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0236p-06.pdf 8 comments law
- Sixth Circuit panel upholds drunk pilot's conviction for "operating a common carrier" while intoxicated http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0229p-06.pdf 7 comments law
- Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Holds That Police Officers Who Killed Unlicensed Dogs During The Execution Of A Search Warrant Are Not Entitled To Qualified Immunity, Even If Dogs Were Contraband - Smith v. City of Detroit http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0507n-06.pdf 14 comments law
- U.S. v. Warfield, Case No. 17-3930 (6th Cir., Apr. 13, 2018) ("While the law allows pretextual stops based on minor traffic violations, no traffic law prohibits driving while black.") http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0194n-06.pdf 84 comments law
- Today The Sixth Circuit Held That Title VII Covers Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/18a0045p-06.pdf 7 comments law
- The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal’s upholds that a college cannot suspend a student as he was denied a fair hearing by not allowing for the ability to cross examine his accuser. http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0224p-06.pdf 117 comments law
- Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit against Kim Davis (pdf of opinion) http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/17a0098p-06.pdf 3 comments law
- Last year, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals opined that the risk the Plaintiff faced was "no more “actual and imminent” than the Chicago Cubs (or, we fear, the Cleveland Indians) winning the World Series." http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0282p-06.pdf 29 comments baseball