Alman v. Reed, No. 10-2489 (6th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseAlman and Barnes are gay domestic partners. Alman was arrested in Westland, Michigan in 2007, during an undercover police operation in Hix Park, while taking a break from helping his mother move to a nearby apartment building. When officers arrived at the park, they observed Alman sitting on a picnic bench. A decoy officer sat down and struck up a conversation with Alman. The nature of the conversation and subsequent physical contact between the two is disputed. Alman was arrested; the charges were ultimately dropped. The car he was driving, which belonged to Barnes, was towed and impounded. In Alman’s suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the district court granted defendants summary judgment, finding that probable cause existed for the state and municipal offenses charged. The Sixth Circuit reversed in part, holding that there was no probable cause supporting any of the charges brought against Alman; that the officer was not shielded by qualified immunity; and that Alman had not stated a claim for malicious prosecution, for failure to train, or for abuse of process.
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