Moore v. Detroit Entertainment, LLC

O’CONNELL, EJ.

(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. In my opinion, the trial court erred when it failed to grant defendant’s motion for directed verdict regarding plaintiffs 42 USC 1983 claim because private security guards are not state actors. The trial court also erred by adopting federal precedent as persuasive and rejecting the Michigan Supreme Court’s reasoning in Grand Rapids v Impens, 414 Mich 667, 670; 327 NW2d 278 (1982). I would reverse the decision of the trial court.

In order to maintain an action under § 1983, a plaintiff is required to establish that he or she was “deprived of a…