Overview
- The Justice Department filed a 28-page brief on Nov. 13 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to grant Brett Hankison bond pending appeal.
- Prosecutors argue he is neither a flight risk nor a danger to the community and that there are exceptional reasons to allow release during the case’s review.
- Issues flagged for appeal include whether his gunfire amounted to a Fourth Amendment seizure, the reasonableness and willfulness of his force, and how sentencing factors were applied.
- The filing states the government supports interim release without conceding the merits of Hankison’s appellate claims.
- Hankison is serving a 33-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix after a 2024 federal conviction for firing 10 shots during the Breonna Taylor raid; he surrendered on Oct. 9 following a denied bail request in district court.