Alexandre Ansari v. Moises Jimenez

── Alexandre Ansari v. Moises Jimenez ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Date: May 14, 2026 Category: General RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 26a0148p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ ALEXANDRE ANSARI, │ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ > No. 24-1743 │ v. │ │ MOISES JIMENEZ, │ Defendant-Appellant. │ ┘ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit. No. 2:20-cv-10719—Stephen Joseph Murphy III, District Judge. Argued: December 10, 2025 Decided and Filed: May 14, 2026 Before: BATCHELDER, GILMAN, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. _________________ COUNSEL ARGUED: Mary Massaron, PLUNKETT COONEY, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Beth A. Wittmann, GRANZOTTO & WITTMANN, P.C., Berkley, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Mary Massaron, PLUNKETT COONEY, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Beth A. Wittmann, GRANZOTTO & WITTMANN, P.C., Berkley, Michigan, for Appellee. _________________ OPINION _________________ LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Alexandre Ansari was convicted in Michigan state court of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to commit murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But a review conducted by the local prosecutor’s office later concluded that Ansari was not guilty of the crimes. In response, the  No. 24-1743 Ansari v. Jimenez Page 2 state court vacated Ansari’s convictions and sentence pursuant to a stipulated order. Ansari then filed this federal action against Moises Jimenez, the detective who investigated the crimes. Ansari alleged that Jimenez failed to disclose material exculpatory evidence in violation of Ansari’s constitutional rights. A jury found for Ansari and awarded him $10 million in damages. Jimenez now appeals. We AFFIRM. I. The events that led to Ansari’s conviction began on September 22, 2012, when Rosalind Barley and her younger sister, Ileana Cuevas, drove to Miguel Figueroa’s home in Detroit, Michigan. People v. Ansari, 2015 WL 630388, at *1 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2015). Barley testified at Ansari’s criminal trial that when they arrived, Figueroa, who was Barley’s boyfriend, got in the back seat of the car. Barley then “heard a series of loud noises that sounded like fireworks.” Id. Barley testified “that she did not immediately realize the noises were gunshots hitting her vehicle; however, after looking out the passenger window, she saw [Ansari] across the street holding a long gun.” Id. Figueroa also testified that he saw Ansari fire a weapon toward the vehicle. Id. Figueroa quickly got out of the car and Barley drove away. Id. Barley then realized that Cuevas had been shot. Id. Figueroa tried to flee but was shot twice as he was running away. Id. Figueroa “testified that after being shot, he turned around in order ‘to get a good look at [the shooter] again,’ and was then shot in the face.” Id. (alteration in original). He nonetheless survived.