Legal Opinion
Beverly Nettles-Nickerson v. John Free
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2012No. 11-1253PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Beverly Nettles-Nickerson was arrested after police officers found her intoxicated, sitting in the driver’s seat of her running, but legally parked, Hummer. Nettles-Nickerson was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, but the state trial court dismissed her case after it concluded that she was not “operating” her Hummer as that term is defined under Michigan law. Nettles-Nickerson then sued her arresting officers in federal court, arguing, among other things, that they unconstitutionally detained her without reasonable suspicion and arrested…
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