Baker v. Smiscik

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS (Dkt. 16)

MARK A. GOLDSMITH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this civil rights case, Plaintiff James Baker alleges that, during an encounter with police officers employed by the City of Southfield, Michigan, his rights under the Second and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and under state law were violated. The matter before the Court is a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by all Defendants—Officers Nicolas Smiscik, Nick Cazan, Paul Hart, and Devlin Williams, Sergeant Tim…