Cacevic V. City Of Hazel Park

The owners of a bar brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that frequent "bar checks" by the local police constituted harassment that deprived the owners of their constitutional rights under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. In replying to the defendants' motion for summary judgment, the owners filed a non-substantive response that requested the district court to deny the motion for reasons that they asserted would be set forth in a subsequent filing. Although it did not grant the owners' request, the district court permitted the owners additional time to respond to the defendants' motion. A timely response, however, was never filed.