Rose v. Saginaw County

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO AMEND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

LAWSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on various procedural motions filed by the parties. Although the Court previously bifurcated the ease and determined the liability question upon adjudication of the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment, through the present motions — the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and the defendants’ motion for leave to file new affirmative defenses— the parties seek to unwind the litigation as it has…