Pung v. Isabella County · ¶16

The Sixth Circuit also rejected Pung’s Eighth Amendment claim. Bound by Circuit precedent, the court held that the Michigan tax-foreclosure regime was not punitive and thus not “within the ambit of the Eighth Amendment.” Id., at 15a. Pung then sought certiorari on the following two questions:

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