Legal Opinion

Randall Mills v. Weakley Barnard

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 28, 2017No. 16-6597PublishedCited by 146 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge,

This suit involves three main questions: (1) whether plaintiff Randall Mills sufficiently pleaded a claim for malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1988; (2) whether Mills sufficiently pleaded a claim for fabrication of evidence under § 1988; and (3) whether Mills sufficiently pleaded a Brady claim. The district court found that Mills had not so pleaded and granted defendant Sharon Jenkins’s motion to dismiss on those claims. We reverse the district court on all three issues, holding that the complaint, contains the requisite facts to constitute viable claims on…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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3Cited by146 opinions

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