CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Follett v Ruggiero
Eyewitness Probable Cause Defeats False-Arrest and Malicious-Prosecution Claims
Decided
The citation
Follett v Ruggiero, order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, entered October 30, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-02424)
From the case summary
After a domestic confrontation with Follett at their shared residence, Thomas Klein allegedly called 911. Deputy Ruggiero saw Klein’s apparent head injury and a knife; Klein accused Follett of attacking him with the knife. Follett denied injuring Klein, but Ruggiero arrested her; the dangerous-weapon charge…
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