6th Circuit

Seales v. City of Detroit, Mich.

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 18:02

Arresting officer could not be held liable for fifteen days of detention on warrant meant for another, where he had probable cause to believe plaintiff was person named in warrant and had nothing to do with booking or interrogation or plaintiff’s confinement after first few hours.

Schulkers v. Kammer

Submitted by Jane Clayton on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 17:12

Social workers violated children’s Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable seizure where they removed them from classroom and subjected them to interrogation without a warrant or consent and did not have reasonable suspicion that mother abused or neglected children; social workers violated mother’s substantive and procedural constitutional rights by constraining her ability to be alone with her children without any valid governmental interest and no procedural protections.