Micci v. Aleman

Issue: (1) Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly held, on a question that has fractured the circuits, that police may be civilly liable for the use of a suspect’s custodial statement, obtained either in violation of Miranda v. Arizona or as a result of coercion, where the statement was introduced to charge the suspect but the charges were dismissed prior to trial; and (2) whether the Seventh Circuit correctly held – seemingly for the first time by any federal appellate court – that a police officer unconstitutionally coerced a suspect’s statements by using the routine interview technique of lying to the suspect about the strength of the case against him.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (7th Cir.) _
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief of respondent Rick Aleman in opposition
• Amicus brief of Michigan et al.
• Letter from counsel for respondents Todd Carlson and Eric Villanueva (forthcoming)
• Reply of petitioner