Alderman v. Shiawassee County Sheriff

Plaintiffs, claiming to represent a class of similarly situated individuals, brought suit against defendant seeking the return of arrest records and identification materials. The Shiawas-see Circuit Court dismissed the action, and plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs alleged that each of them had, at one time or another, been incarcerated in the Shiawas-see County jail on either felony or misdemeanor charges, but that none had been convicted of a felony. Their cases were resolved in various ways: by dismissal, transfer to juvenile court, and/or pleas of guilty to a reduced charge of a simple…