Mead v. Burkhart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION LARRY G. MEAD, Plaintiff, Case No. 20-cv-10721 Hon. Matthew F. Leitman v. RICHARD BURKART et al., Defendants __________________________________________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF NO. 16) In 2007, the Michigan Supreme Court held in People v. Labelle,

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(Mich. 2007), that when a driver consents to a search of the interior of her car, a police officer may validly search a bag left inside the car by one of the passengers. Seven years later,…