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On April 7, 2011, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment to the City of West Branch and its police chief and dismissed the Plaintiff’s case in its entirety. The City and its police chief were defended by McGraw Morris P.C. attorney G. Gus Morris. The Plaintiff sued the City and its police chief for false arrest and defamation as a result of the chief’s investigation of him, which led to the chief forwarding a complaint to the county prosecutor that Plaintiff, a sex offender, failed to report his appropriate address. The court determined that there was probable cause to believe that Plaintiff failed to report his address as required under the Michigan Sex Offender Registry Act. The Court also determined that even if probable cause did not exist, the chief was entitled to qualified immunity because it was not clearly established that his actions violated a constitutional right belonging to the Plaintiff.