Derrick Lee Smith et al. v. People of the State of Michigan et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION ______ DERRICK LEE SMITH et al., Petitioners, Case No. 2:26-cv-79 v. Honorable Paul L. Maloney PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN et al., Respondents. ____________________________/ OPINION This is a habeas corpus action brought by a state prisoners Derrick Lee Smith, Edward Rhone, and Christopher North, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioners seek habeas relief— specifically release from state custody—on their own behalf because the State of Michigan failed to provide them with “a constitutionally required ‘in-custody’…