Timeline

My son Bilal is strangled by his mother, Tenisha Hampton. Michigan CPS investigates and substantiates the abuse; Hampton is placed on the state's Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect. Allegations made against me in the same investigation are not substantiated.

Bilal is strangled a second time, by Tenisha Hampton's boyfriend Douglas McClain, while Hampton is in the room. My other children, Jameel and Maryam, witness it. A Personal Protection Order is obtained on Jameel's behalf against McClain.

Judge Yvonna C. Abraham terminates Jameel's PPO against Douglas McClain and has it removed from LEIN, ruling that Jameel "is not the alleged victim" of the strangulation he witnessed.

Judge Abraham orders the Wayne County Sheriff to raid my Oakland County home. Deputies arrest me and remove all three children, placing them with Douglas McClain and Tenisha Hampton. I am jailed for roughly six weeks without a trial, for missing one court day. Within a day, Bilal is placed in a psychiatric facility. The following day, Maryam is placed with my mother rather than kept by Hampton.

The earliest confirmed clinical documentation: Maryam's therapist records that Maryam experienced suicidal ideation while living with her mother, and denies any suicidal ideation since living with me.

Formal treatment planning meetings for both children document the same pattern: suicidal ideation tied to living with their mother, and a standing safety plan for Maryam.

Maryam's therapist, in a signed letter, documents that Maryam has identified a specific plan to harm herself if forced to live with her mother, and that she reports feeling safe living with me.

I email Judge Abraham's courtroom and the Office of Chief Judge directly, subject line "Suicide," attaching the therapist's letter and marking it Exhibit A. The response instructs me to file it through the normal paperwork process ahead of trial.

Judge Abraham holds an evidentiary hearing. I do not appear -- I am involuntarily hospitalized. The court's own order records only that I "failed to appear"; it does not mention the hospitalization. The order suspends my parenting time indefinitely and authorizes law enforcement to retrieve Maryam. It states no specific finding of endangerment.

A second, independent clinical agency documents that Maryam's suicidal thoughts are "specifically triggered at the thought of her going to live with her biological mom," and recommends a higher level of psychiatric care.

I appeal the December 1 order to the Michigan Court of Appeals. The Court tells me I must provide the hearing transcript, or proof it was ordered, within 21 days.

I formally request the transcript from Wayne County; it is never produced. I attempt to cure the defect by mail; the package is lost in transit. I formally move the Court of Appeals to compel Wayne County to produce the transcript or grant me more time. That motion is delivered to the court on February 17, 2026.

The Court of Appeals dismisses my appeal for failure to cure the transcript defect. The dismissal order does not address the Motion to Compel Transcript that had been with the court for over two weeks.

I have not seen or heard the voice of my son Jameel in approximately a year and a half. I have filed federal civil-rights lawsuits and a formal complaint with the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. I am pursuing every lawful path available to me to bring my family back together.