BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has won a decision at the Michigan Supreme Court in a dispute over jail records related to the detention of a Marine veteran in 2018.
Calhoun County has refused to release records, claiming they can be withheld because the jail was holding a man who was arrested by federal immigration officers.
But the Supreme Court says a federal regulation restricting information doesn’t trump the terms of Michigan’s open records law.
The arrest of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez by federal authorities was a major mistake.
The U.S. citizen was a lance corporal in the Marines and received awards for service in Afghanistan.
The ACLU is seeking medical records, audio and video from Ramos-Gomez’s time at the Calhoun County jail.
