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DONALD LEE JAMES,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
JAMES CORRIGAN, Warden, Chippewa Correctional Facility,
Respondent-Appellee.
   No. 22-1507
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:18-cv-10972—David M. Lawson, District Judge.
Argued: October 18, 2023
Decided and Filed: October 26, 2023
Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; COLE and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Donald James seeks a writ of habeas corpus. When the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld his conviction, it stated that a weapon tied James to the crime scene. No evidence supported this finding. But when it comes to habeas, even serious errors aren’t enough to warrant relief by themselves. Petitioners need to show a violation of the Constitution or federal law. Here, James needs to prove the state had insufficient evidence to convict him. He hasn’t, so we affirm.



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RYOHEI AKIMA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CAITLYN M. PECA, individually and in her official capacity as a Public Safety Officer,
Defendant-Appellant.
   No. 22-2058
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:21-cv-10080—David M. Lawson, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 26, 2023
Before: MOORE, GIBBONS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


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JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. In early 2020, Ryohei Akima was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated based on his performance on a three-part field sobriety exam and a preliminary breathalyzer test. Arresting Officer Caitlyn Peca determined that he failed the assessments across the board, but that proved to be incorrect. The Officer had both administered the field sobriety tests improperly and misread the breathalyzer by a factor of ten. Although Akima blew a blood alcohol content of 0.02, well below the legal limit of 0.08, Peca read the result as 0.22 and arrested him, causing Akima, a Japanese citizen, to lose his work visa and to be deported. When a blood test confirmed the Officer’s error, Akima sued, alleging constitutional violations and common law torts. Officer Peca moved to dismiss, and later for summary judgment, based on qualified immunity. The district court permitted Akima’s constitutional claims to proceed, concluding that a reasonable jury could determine the Officer lacked probable cause and was not entitled to qualified immunity. We AFFIRM.



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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
RAJON JAMISON,
Defendant-Appellant.
   No. 22-1840
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Flint.
No. 4:19-cr-20798-1—Laurie J. Michelson, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 26, 2023
Before: KETHLEDGE, THAPAR, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges.


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MATHIS, Circuit Judge. Rajon Jamison challenges the enhanced sentence he received under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), after pleading guilty to a federal firearm offense. We must decide whether a violation of Michigan’s felony-firearm statute is a “violent felony” under the ACCA when a juvenile is convicted of that offense for possessing a firearm while committing second-degree murder. For the reasons below, we hold that it is. Thus, we affirm.



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LUANNA GROTE, Administrator of the Estate of Bradley Grote,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KENTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY; KENTON COUNTY FISCAL COURT; KENTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER; TERRY CARL, Jailer; SARAH BELL; BRIAN JENNINGS, ALEXANDER BROWN, and AARON BRANSTUTTER, Corrections Deputies; JASON RUSSELL, Sergeant; UNKNOWN ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES; CAITLIN BRAND; SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS; UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 23-5133
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington.
No. 2:20-cv-00101—William O. Bertelsman, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 26, 2023
Before: MOORE, GIBBONS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Bradley Grote died of acute methamphetamine intoxication three days after his arrest and detention at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, Kentucky. Although Grote was visibly in distress when put in a booking cell at the jail, the jail’s medical provider failed to render any treatment at all or seek further medical attention from a doctor on call or emergency medical services. Grote’s case exposes myriad failures by county and jail officials, including a lack of basic knowledge concerning overdoses and how to respond to them. Under the facts of this case, we hold that a jury could find that the medical provider was deliberately indifferent to Grote’s need for medical attention, but not that the jail deputies acted unconstitutionally.