Kanuszewski et al v Michigan Department of Health and Human Services et al

  1. May 10, 2024

    No 'Piecemeal' Fees For Infant Data Win Amid 6th Circ. Appeal

    A federal judge said Friday that he wouldn't award attorney fees to children who challenged Michigan's handling of blood samples collected in an infant health screening program until the state's Sixth Circuit appeal is resolved.

  2. November 28, 2023

    Mich. Health Dept. Asks 6th Circ. To Back Baby Blood Program

    Michigan health officials urged the Sixth Circuit Monday to reverse a ruling that dismantled its newborn blood-screening program, calling that program a "paragon of good government."

  3. September 01, 2023

    Mich. Parents Seek $423K Atty Fees, Costs For Infant Data Win

    An attorney representing parents alleging Michigan illegally stored their newborns' biometric data asked a federal judge Friday to award over $423,000 in fees and costs, arguing that he went above and beyond in persuading the state to end its practice of "secretly keeping their own singular blood spot of every newborn."

  4. August 24, 2023

    Mich. Can Keep Infant Data While It Appeals Destruction Order

    A federal judge said the state of Michigan can hold off on destroying biological data collected from newborn babies while the state appeals his ruling that the samples were illegally kept and used.

  5. July 31, 2023

    Mich. Must Seek Consent For Blood Samples, Judge Rules

    The state of Michigan violated families' Fourth Amendment rights by keeping and sharing blood sample data taken for newborn health screening without informed consent from parents, a Michigan federal judge has ruled in a scathing take on the state's practices, which he said raise concerns about "unwarranted government intrusion into individual privacy."

  6. April 17, 2023

    Mich. Parents Say Newborn Blood Samples Shouldn't Be Kept

    The state of Michigan violated children's Fourth Amendment rights by keeping and sharing blood sample data collected for newborn health screenings to help law enforcement and other third-parties without their parents' consent, a group of Michigan parents challenging part of the screening program said Monday.

  7. February 12, 2018

    Mich. Is Unlawfully Storing Newborns' Blood, Suit Says

    A group of Michigan parents has sued the state's Health Department in federal court over the collection and indefinite retention of blood samples taken from their children as newborns, alleging that the long-standing practice is being done without parents' knowledge or consent and violates their babies' constitutional rights.