Opinion ID: 782741
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Heading: Relationship Through Statute

Text: 30 Plaintiff argues that defendants' alleged violation of Section 333.6501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws constitutes proof of a special relationship. The statute provides, in pertinent part: 31 An individual who appears to be incapacitated in a public place shall be taken into protective custody by a law enforcement officer and taken to an approved service program, or to an emergency medical service, or to a transfer facility pursuant to subsection (4) for subsequent transportation to an approved service program or emergency medical service. 32 MICH. COMP. LAWS § 333.6501(1) (2001). 33 This argument fails in light of this Court's opinion in Jones v. Union County, Tennessee, 296 F.3d 417, 430 (6th Cir. 2002), in which we held that a violation of a state statute does not create a liberty interest or property right under the Due Process Clause. Even if the defendants should have taken decedent into custody under state law, their failure to do so does not transform that error into a constitutional wrong.