Legal Opinion

Buchanan v. Metz

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 11, 2016No. 15-2220PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OLIVER, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, John C. Buchanan, Jr., brought this action against Defendants-Appellees James W. Metz II, an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan, and Donovan Motley, a special agent with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, for malicious prosecution and false arrest under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Michigan law. The district court granted Metz’s motion to dismiss Buchanan’s First Amended Complaint, holding that Metz was entitled to absolute immunity on Buchanan’s claims. Thereafter, the court granted Buchanan leave to file a Second Amended…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  5. Burns v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by8 opinions

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