Horn v. City of Mackinac Island

OPINION

GORDON J. QUIST, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Benjamin Horn, has sued Defendant, the City of Mackinac Island, alleging that the City improperly interfered with his right to conduct his peddling business pursuant to his veteran’s peddler’s license. In Counts I and III of his Complaint, Horn alleges claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. In Count II, Horn requests a declaratory judgment that the City’s Ordinance No. 459 is preempted by state law.1 Finally, in Count IV, Horn…