Subpoena (Saad, et al. v. City of Dearborn Heights, et al.

I hope this email finds you both in good spirits. My name is Nick Hadous; I am an attorney representing Mr. Joseph Saad and Mrs. Zihra Saad ("Plaintiffs") in Saad, et al. v. City of Dearborn Heights, et al. (Case No. 11-10103) which is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The purpose of this correspondence is to obtain consent from each of you to accept service of the attached subpoenas electronically (email) and/or via first class mail.

Specifically, my clients intend to inquire regarding whether the Dearborn Heights Police Department provided either of you with the audio/video recordings captured by the Dearborn Heights police officers' recording equipment ("Mobile Video Recording Equipment" or "MVRE") during the events giving rise to the criminal charges which were brought and then subsequently dismissed against Mr. Saad and his mother Zihra Saad in People v. Joseph Saad, Circuit Court Case No. 10-8999; and People v. Zihra Saad, District Case No. C030826.

We note that while we were not initially provided with these recordings as we received them by supplemental disclosure, this is not the first time the Dearborn Heights Police Department appears to have concealed and/or destroyed material evidence captured by MVRE regarding an arrest and criminal prosecution. In a related action involving Mrs. Saad and the City of Dearborn Heights, we were advised that the Dearborn Heights Police Department did not possess similar MVRE recordings even though a uniform Sergeant who was present during the events giving rise to the related civil action testified last week that he believes such recordings did exist (in fact, he adamantly insisted they existed).

Please understand it is neither my intent nor the intent of my co-counsel Mr. Haytham Faraj or our clients’ intent to impart or to suggest any impropriety on behalf of yourselves or the Wayne County Prosecutor's office as we believe the Dearborn Heights Police Department may have withheld these recordings from your office. Please further understand we do not intend to cause you burden nor inconvenience by compelling your attendance at a potentially unnecessary deposition or production of documents as you are both probably very busy in your respective capacities as Wayne County Prosecutors. Accordingly, we are open to discussing a less burdensome mode of seeking the discovery sought by the attached subpoenas. You may contact me (or Mr. Faraj who is copied on this email) at your convenience via email at nhadous@hadousco.com or via telephone at (313) 415-5559 to discuss an alternative (hopefully less burdensome) mode of discovery.

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Nick N. Hadous

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- State Bar of Arizona

- State Bar of California

- United States Courts,
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Arizona

   Eastern District of Michigan

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Subpoena (Saad, et al. v. City of Dearborn Heights, et al. - Case No. 11-10103)