Zucker v. City of Farmington Hills

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

In 2009, officers of the Farmington Hills Police Department (“FHPD”) approached Robert Zucker at his residence in an attempt to convince Zucker to accompany them to a nearby hospital for mental-health treatment. A physical confrontation ensued and officers forcibly detained *557Zucker, shocking him with a taser in the process. Zucker subsequently brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in Michigan state court against the City of Farmington Hills and five members of the FHPD, alleging that FHPD officers had violated his constitutional rights by seizing and searching his…