Heyerman v. County of Calhoun, No. 10-2322 (6th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff-Appellant Buxton Craig Heyerman was imprisoned for more than seventeen years as a pretrial detainee after a state appellate court reversed his criminal conviction and remanded the matter to the trial court. He filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Defendants-Appellees, Calhoun County, the Calhoun County Prosecutor's Office, the Michigan Department of Corrections and the Michigan Parole Board, alleging that this lengthy detention violated his Sixth Amendment speedy-trial rights. Upon review, the Sixth Circuit concluded that Defendants-Appellees were not liable for the alleged constitutional violation under section 1983, and affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in their favor.
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