DAVONTAE SANFORD, Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF DETROIT, MICHAEL RUSSELL, and JAMES TOLBERT, Defendants.
United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 4, 2018.
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
DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.
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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