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Detroit tenants evicted for withholding rent as judges ignore housing code, advocates say

Residents in a high-rise apartment in Lafayette Park are facing eviction after speaking out about unsafe conditions

By Steve Neavling
Feb 14, 2025

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Rent, Apartments, Detroit, City Club Apartments, evictions, 36th District Court, Certificate of compliance, Detroit Tenants Association
Politics & Elections

Suspended Detroit judge defiantly runs to regain seat on 36th District Court

The Michigan Supreme Court suspended Kahlilia Davis for six years for a pattern of bizarre, unethical conduct that was “beyond the pale”

By Steve Neavling
Apr 24, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Kahlilia Davis, 36th District Court, election, Michigan Supreme Court, ethics, Michigan Department of State, Michigan Secretary of State, Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission
Michigan

Detroit man convicted after calling 911 and threatening to kill Whitmer, Benson, and others

James Toepler is just the latest person to be charged or convicted of threatening to kill Democrats in Michigan

By Steve Neavling
Sep 14, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Gov. Whitmer, Jocelyn Benson, Dana Nessel, threats, 911, Detroit, James Toepler, 36th District Court
Metro Detroit

Rep. Tlaib saves Detroit families from being evicted under new moratorium, judge says

By Steve Neavling
Aug 5, 2021

Tags: Wayne County, Detroit, COVID-19, CDC, evictions, eviction moratorium, 36th District Court, Judge William McConico
Metro Detroit

Judge drops charges against 28 Black Lives Matter protesters in Detroit

By Steve Neavling
Jan 15, 2021

Tags: Protest, protesters, Detroit Will Breathe, 36th District Court, National Lawyers Guild, Detroit, Detroit police, John Royal
Metro Detroit

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman ordered to stand trial in Michigan, missed deadline over robocalls

By Steve Neavling
Oct 30, 2020

Tags: Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl, Michigan, Detroit, robocalls, voting, election, racism, 36th District Court
Metro Detroit

Right-wing fraudsters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman ordered to call back robocall victims, admit messages were false and illegal

By Steve Neavling
Oct 28, 2020

Tags: Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, Voting, election, voter intimidation, Michigan Attorney General, KKK, racism, civil rights, 36th District Court, robocalls, Detroit, Michigan, Ohio
Metro Detroit

ACLU lawsuit: Detroit's cash bail system 'morphed into mass incarceration of the poor'

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Jail, Bail, Bond, Judge, 36th District Court, Detroit, ACLU
Metro Detroit

Did Mayor Duggan conspire to charge political foe? Judge weighs in

By Steve Neavling
Mar 14, 2019

Tags: News Hits, Mayor Duggan, Robert Carmack, 36th District Court
Metro Detroit

How a subprime auto lender consumed Detroit with debt and turned its courthouse into a collections agency

By Ryan Felton and Ishaan Jhaveri
Nov 7, 2018

Tags: Local News, Detroit, Credit Acceptance Corporation, car loans, 36th District Court
Metro Detroit

Detroit's 36th District Court is waiving late fees this month

By Devin Culham
Sep 4, 2018

Tags: News Hits, parking violations, suspended license, 36th District Court

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