Judge admonishes ex-school boardmember for perjury in lawsuit

Former Hamtramck School Boardmember Mohammad Huda lost his legal challenge to regain his seat on the school board. His seat was declared vacant in February because he was not a resident of the city.

Former Hamtramck School Boardmember Mohammad Huda lost his legal challenge to regain his seat on the school board. His seat was declared vacant in February because he was not a resident of the city.

By Charles Sercombe
A Hamtramck School Boardmember who was booted out of his seat lost his bid to regain it – twice.
Wayne County Circuit Court Chief Judge Robert Colombo rejected Mohammad Huda’s lawsuit – and an appeal — filed against the school district after the board determined his seat was vacant because Huda was not truly a resident of the city.
That revelation came about following a report by The Review over a year ago detailing evidence that Huda actually lived with his wife in Warren.
The school district acted on that report and hired a private investigator, a former Hamtramck police officer, to dig further into his residency.
What that investigator, David Adamczyk, found out was staggering.
Adamczyk, who runs a private investigation company called Michigan Investigators Group, laid out the following pieces of evidence:
• Huda had changed his address from Hamtramck to Warren and back again several times since 2011.
• On his 2014 candidate application to run for school board he claimed to live on Fleming while at the same time claiming a 100-percent Homestead tax exemption at a house on Omar in Warren.
• On that same application, called an affidavit, he said he had been a resident of Wayne County for nine years, which contradicted his previous moves to Warren, which is in Macomb County.
• Huda established three organizations that bore his Warren address as their headquarters.
• While claiming to live at 11813 Fleming, the city’s Water Department sent a letter to that address saying there was a problem with the water meter and they needed to look at it. Huda did not respond to that letter, and subsequently the city shut off water service.
• Huda is married and has children. Adamczyk said there is no court record of a divorce or separation.
• The school district also sent a package of material to Huda at the Fleming house but the district received notice that it was not picked up. The package sat on the porch of the house for 16 days.
• Neighbors at the Fleming address said they knew of Huda because he picked up mail there, but they said he did not live there.
• Adamczyk also spoke with neighbors who live near the Warren house who said Huda lived there with his wife and kids for the past 18 months.
• Adamczyk went to the Warren house where he encountered Ruhul Mumen, who identified himself as Huda’s brother and his attorney.
• Mumen said Huda was not there, but during that conversation Huda drove by but did not stop.
• Mumen asked to meet Adamczyk along with Huda, but Adamczyk said that despite three attempts to schedule a meeting he never received a call back from Mumen.
• During that visit in Warren Mumen called Warren police and admitted Huda lives in Warren.
Judge Colombo agreed with the evidence presented in court.
Huda filed an initial lawsuit that charged the district with violating his civil rights and sought financial damages.
After that lawsuit was rejected he filed another lawsuit to simply win his seat back without asking for financial damages.
Judge Colombo also ruled against that claim.
According to a Detroit Free Press story this week, the judge said Huda “clearly” committed perjury when he signed an affidavit for his candidacy.
Hamtramck Schools Superintendent Tom Niczay said the district will seek legal fees from Huda.
At press time it was unclear if the district would seek criminal prosecution against Huda for perjury.
Niczay had only this comment:
“Since Chief Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert Colombo stated on the record that Mohammad Huda ‘clearly committed perjury’ there is really nothing more to say other than the District is planning to go after Mr. Huda for damages and attorney fees.”
Huda’s seat was declared vacant last February. The board appointed Salah Hadwan to fill the position until the November General Election. Hadwan filed to run for the remainder of Huda’s term, which is four years.

 

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