Legal Opinion
Thames v. City of Westland
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided April 20, 2018No. CASE NO. 16–CV–14130PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CARAM STEEH, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. Overview
Plaintiff Kimberly Thames, a 57-year old pro-life advocate, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit arising out of her arrest and weekend detention at a Westland police station holding cell, after an abortion clinic's security guard accused her of stating, "I prophesy bombs, I prophesy bombs. There is going to be a bombing in the near future." Thames denies making any statement involving the word, "bombs." Thames brought suit against Defendants the City of Westland, the Westland Chief of Police, four Westland police officers involved in…
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