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THURMAN KING,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CITY OF ROCKFORD, MICHIGAN; ROCKFORD DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; ZACHARY ABBATE and JASON BRADLEY, Officers, in their individual capacities,
Defendants-Appellants.
   No. 22-2038
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
No. 1:21-cv-00259—Jane M. Beckering, District Judge.
Argued: October 26, 2023
Decided and Filed: March 28, 2024
Before: GIBBONS, BUSH, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Thurman King sued Officers Zachary Abbate and Jason Bradley, the City of Rockford (“City”), the Rockford Public Safety Department (“Department”), and other municipal officers (collectively, “defendants”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law for events arising out of a 2019 traffic stop. The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of defendants, but denied their motion for summary judgment on qualified and governmental immunity grounds for King’s federal and state tort claims against Abbate and Bradley, and denied their motion as to King’s Monell1 claim against the City and Department. Defendants appealed this denial. On review, we affirm in part, and reverse in part, the district court’s denial of qualified and governmental immunity to Abbate and Bradley. We dismiss the City and Department’s appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.



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LAFAYETTE DESHAWN UPSHAW,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v.
GEORGE STEPHENSON, Warden,
Respondent-Appellant.
   No. 22-1705
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:20-cv-12560—Linda V. Parker, District Judge.
Argued: October 25, 2023
Decided and Filed: March 28, 2024
Before: MOORE, GIBBONS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. This appeal centers on the habeas petition of Lafayette Deshawn Upshaw, a state inmate in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections. In 2014, the State charged Upshaw with crimes associated with two separate incidents that occurred on the same day: a gas station robbery and a home invasion. Upshaw entered a plea deal in the home invasion case but went to trial and was convicted on counts stemming from the robbery. Michigan’s state courts affirmed his robbery conviction on direct appeal. After exhausting his state court remedies, Upshaw filed a petition for habeas relief in federal court. The district court granted relief on two of Upshaw’s claims: an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on trial counsel’s failure to investigate alibi witnesses and a Batson claim deriving from the State’s use of peremptory challenges to strike six Black jurors. The Warden now appeals. We AFFIRM



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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,
Petitioner/Cross-Respondent,
v.
BANNUM PLACE OF SAGINAW, LLC; BANNUM, INC.
Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.
   Nos. 23-1632/1695
On Petition for Review and Cross Application for Enforcement
of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board.
Nos. 07-CA-207685; 07-CA-211090; 07-CA-215356.
Decided and Filed: March 28, 2024
Before: MOORE, COLE, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. In a previous proceeding, we enforced a National Labor Relations Board Order finding that respondent Bannum Place of Saginaw, LLC engaged in unfair labor practices in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), (3), and (4) when it interrogated employees, threatened to close its facility, and terminated two union supporters. The National Labor Relations Board now seeks to enforce its supplemental decision and order directing Respondents to pay specific backpay amounts to the two discriminatees, and Respondents petition for review of the supplemental decision and order. For the reasons that follow, we GRANT the National Labor Relations Board’s application for enforcement and DENY Respondents’ cross-petition.