Tony Davis v. Blaine Lafler

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OPINION and JUDGMENT filed: AFFIRMED, decision for publication pursuant to local rule 206. Alice M. Batchelder, Chief Circuit Judge; Boyce F. Martin , Jr., Danny J. Boggs, Karen Nelson Moore, R. Guy Cole , Jr., Eric L. Clay, Ronald Lee Gilman, Julia Smith Gibbons, John M. Rogers, Jeffrey S. Sutton, Deborah L. Cook, David W. McKeague, Richard Allen Griffin, Raymond M. Kethledge, Jane Branstetter Stranch, Circuit Judges. (GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., BOGGS, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, JJ., joined. MARTIN, J. (pp. 17-22), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which STRANCH, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 23-32), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which COLE and CLAY, JJ., joined.

Case: 08-1291

Document: 006111088714

Filed: 10/03/2011

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Leonard Green
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Filed: October 03, 2011
Ms. Natalie Hirt Adams
Mr. Paul R.Q. Wolfson
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Mr. Brad H. Beaver
Ms. Laura A. Cook
Office of the Michigan Attorney General
Appellate Division
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Lansing, MI 48909

Re: Case No. 08-1291, Tony Davis v. Blaine Lafler
Originating Case No. 06-13659
Dear Counsel,
The court today announced its decision in the above-styled case.
Enclosed is a copy of the court's opinion together with the judgment which has been entered
in conformity with Rule 36, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Yours very truly,
Leonard Green, Clerk

Dixie Aerni
Deputy Clerk

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