Opinion ID: 4553392
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The First Incident

Text: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 18, 2014, Plaintiff Ehsan Ouza was arguing with her adult son, Hassan. Plaintiff and her daughter, Maysaa, were trying to prevent Hassan from leaving the house and driving because they believed he was under the influence of drugs. Maysaa called her father, Mohamad, to ask him to help convince Hassan not to drive. Mohamad is Plaintiff’s ex-husband. At the time, Plaintiff had a Personal Protection Order (“PPO”) in effect against Mohamad because he had threatened her and physically abused her in the past. Mohamad told Maysaa to let Hassan drive the car, but Maysaa threatened to call the police on her brother if he drove. Mohamad then showed up at Plaintiff’s house, in violation of the PPO, and took Maysaa’s and Plaintiff’s cell phones so that they could not call the police. At some point after Mohamad arrived at the house, Hassan pushed a wardrobe on top of Plaintiff. Because Mohamad had taken her cell phone, Maysaa went to a nearby gas station to call the police. At 8:05 a.m., Defendant Officer Dottor was dispatched to the home in response to Maysaa’s call. Dispatch reported “30 YOM vs mother and sister, No weapons, Male has been drinking and taking pills, . . . Male has taken Xanax.” (First Case Rep., R. 26-4, Pg. ID 185.) It also reported “Father and son vs mother and sister, Mother states son and father hit the mother. . . . Father took the son from the location.” (Id.) When Officer Dottor arrived at the home approximately ten minutes later, Hassan and Mohamad were gone. Officer Dottor interviewed Plaintiff and Maysaa about the incident. According to the case report prepared by Officer Dottor, Plaintiff reported that Hassan had pushed a wardrobe on top of her, that she had fallen as a result and that the wardrobe had landed on her stomach. Maysaa told Officer Dottor that Hassan had pulled her hair and was screaming at her. Maysaa reported that at some point during the argument, Mohamad had arrived “and took Hassan away from the residence.” (Id. at Pg. ID 183.) Plaintiff and Maysaa told Officer Dottor that they were Nos. 19-1191/1211/1393 Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights, Mich. Page 4 willing to prosecute, and Officer Dottor gave them a crime victim’s rights card. On the case report for this first incident, Plaintiff was identified as the “victim” of domestic violence. (Id. at Pg. ID 182.) After giving her a victim’s rights card, Defendant Dottor left Plaintiff’s house.