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Woodruff v. City of Detroit

Biometric privacy & facial recognition
Dismissed
Filed Aug 3, 2023
AI system / company
DataWorks Plus facial-recognition technology (Detroit PD)
Jurisdiction
United States (Michigan)
Court / regulator
U.S. District Court, E.D. Mich.
Status
Dismissed

What happened

Porcha Woodruff, then eight months pregnant, was wrongfully arrested in February 2023 for robbery and carjacking after Detroit police facial recognition matched her to an eight-year-old mugshot; charges were dropped for insufficient evidence. She sued the city; a federal judge later dismissed the suit, finding her complaint did not adequately show the officer lacked probable cause.

About biometric privacy & facial recognition cases

Collection or use of faceprints and other biometric identifiers without consent (Illinois BIPA), and wrongful arrests from false facial-recognition matches.

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