Burleigh v. City of Detroit

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Tito Lesean Burleigh seeks relief for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution in violation of state law and his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court grantéd summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Sergeant Melvin Williams. Because Burleigh has failed as a matter of law to show that Sergeant Williams violated his constitutional rights, we AFFIRM.

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On October 20, 1997, Norma Hurt was robbed outside a rental property she owned in Detroit, Michigan. At the preliminary examination, she gave…