SHANE ANDERS; STAR TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC; AREA TOWING AND RECOVERY v. TONY CUEVAS and DARZEIL HALL (19-2191); HERMAN RAMIK (20-1166); RICK SOLLARS (20-1165) - Articles

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SHANE ANDERS; STAR TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC; AREA TOWING AND RECOVERY v. TONY CUEVAS and DARZEIL HALL (19-2191); HERMAN RAMIK (20-1166); RICK SOLLARS (20-1165)

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Jan 8, 2021

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Eric M. Jamison, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants in 19-2191.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: John C. Clark, Geoffrey S. Wagner, GIARMARCO, MULLINS & HORTON, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Appellants in 20-1165 and 20-1166.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Andrew A. Paterson, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.

Judge(s): KETHLEDGE, DONALD, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. In these consolidated interlocutory appeals, Defendant-Appellants challenge the district court’s orders denying them a variety of asserted immunities as to Plaintiff-Appellees’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Plaintiff-Appellees’ defamation claim. We AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and VACATE in part the district court’s denial of qualified immunity in Case No. 19-2191 and AFFIRM the district court’s denial of immunities in Case Nos. 20-1165 and 20-1166.

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