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LAMONTE JACKSON-GIBSON; TORIEL DIXON,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
REGINALD BEASLEY, Sergeant,
Defendant-Appellant.
   No. 23-2020
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:20-cv-12765—Linda V. Parker, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 15, 2024
Before: COLE, MATHIS, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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MATHIS, Circuit Judge. On a Friday night, Lamonte Jackson-Gibson celebrated his birthday with several friends, including his girlfriend, Toriel Dixon. After midnight, the group took the celebration to Detroit’s Greektown neighborhood. There, they stopped on the sidewalk to listen to street musicians. Sergeant Reginald Beasley, accompanied by several other police officers, engaged the group and asked them to move along. Jackson-Gibson questioned Sgt. Beasley as to why he needed to leave, and the situation escalated. After a series of mostly nonviolent verbal exchanges, with some pushing and pulling thrown into the mix, Sgt. Beasley tased Jackson-Gibson in his back while he embraced Dixon. Jackson-Gibson and Dixon were then arrested.

In this interlocutory appeal, Sgt. Beasley asserts that he is entitled to qualified immunity from liability for Jackson-Gibson’s and Dixon’s wrongful-arrest claims and for Jackson-Gibson’s excessive-force claim. We dismiss Sgt. Beasley’s challenge to the wrongful-arrest claims for lack of jurisdiction. And we affirm the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to Sgt. Beasley on Jackson-Gibson’s excessive-force claim



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NEW HEIGHTS FARM I, LLC; a Michigan limited liability company, STACY BOERSEN; NEW HEIGHTS FARM II, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company; NICHOLAS BOERSEN,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 24-1087
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids.
No. 1:23-cv-00663—Hala Y. Jarbou, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 15, 2024
Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; READLER and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.


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SUTTON, Chief Judge. Nicholas and Stacy Boerson submitted crop insurance claims to Great American Insurance Company after a disappointing corn and soybean harvest. When the insurer declined to cover the claims until the resolution of a federal fraud investigation, they sued for breach of contract, bad faith adjustment, and violations of Michigan and federal insurance laws. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of all of the claims, some of them due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction, others due to a binding arbitration clause.