ASHLY ROMERO, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Stephen Romero, deceased v. CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, a Michigan Municipal Corporation; DONOVAN MOORE and JEFF KURTZ, Officers, individually - Articles

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ASHLY ROMERO, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Stephen Romero, deceased v. CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, a Michigan Municipal Corporation; DONOVAN MOORE and JEFF KURTZ, Officers, individually

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 12, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC: Michael T. Berger, ROSATI SCHULTZ JOPPICH & AMTSBUECHLER PC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellees.

Attorneys 2: ON RESPONSE: Robert G. Kamenec, FIEGER, FIEGER, KENNEY & HARRINGTON, P.C., Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant.

Judge(s): MOORE, GRIFFIN, and RITZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

The court delivered an order denying the petition for rehearing en banc. RITZ, J. (pp. 3– 6), delivered a separate opinion, in which MOORE, J., joined, concurring in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 7–9), delivered a separate opinion in which BUSH, J., joined, dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. THAPAR and HERMANDORFER, JJ. (pp. 10–19), delivered a separate opinion, in which GRIFFIN, BUSH, LARSEN, NALBANDIAN, READLER, and MURPHY, JJ., joined, dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. BUSH, J. (pp. 20–25), delivered a separate opinion dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. READLER, J. (pp. 26–33), delivered a separate opinion, in which GRIFFIN, BUSH, and LARSEN, JJ., joined, dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.

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