- Posted August 15, 2011
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Federal magistrate refuses request to search Detroit e-mails in Greene case
DETROIT (AP) -- A magistrate has ruled against an attorney's request to search the computer system at Detroit City Hall for e-mails that might reference the slaying of an exotic dancer.
The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News reported that Magistrate Steven Whalen's order last week in U.S. District Court states e-mails "are lost forever once they have been deleted" because the city doesn't back up e-mails.
Attorney Norman Yatooma has said e-mails exchanged during Kwame Kilpatrick's time as mayor could link the ex-mayor, police officials and others to impeding an investigation into the 2003 shooting death of Tamara Greene. Yatooma represents Greene's children in a civil suit against the city and Kilpatrick.
Greene was rumored to have danced at a never-proven 2002 party at the mayoral mansion.
Published: Mon, Aug 15, 2011
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