Questions for Judge Carol Kuhnke Regarding the Missing District Court File, the Loss of Our Home, and Testimony Presented in Case Nos. 17-298-AS and 17-405-NI
On June 16, 2026, Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou transmitted the attached correspondence and supporting exhibits to Judge Carol Kuhnke concerning two unresolved issues arising from Case Nos. 17-298-AS and 17-405-NI.
Nearly a decade later, Dr. Foerster and Dr. Petrou continue to ask a simple question: What became of the procedural remedy ordered by Judge Kuhnke in 2017 after the Court was informed that no District Court file existed through which the March 13, 2017 search warrant and seizure could be challenged?
The search warrants arose from an Ann Arbor Police investigation initiated after Maria Petrou reported that approximately $434,000 had been taken from a Merrill Lynch account and attributed responsibility to her daughter, Dr. Myria Petrou. The police records further reflect that Maria Petrou and Petros Petrou cooperated with the investigation and expressed a desire to pursue criminal prosecution if criminal activity was established.
During the April and May 2017 proceedings, Judge Kuhnke expressed concern that the continuing freeze of Dr. Foerster's and Dr. Petrou's accounts was affecting their ability to live their lives and meet ordinary financial obligations, including obligations associated with their mortgage.
Despite those concerns and the Court's order directing that relief be accepted, Dr. Foerster and Dr. Petrou have never been able to identify the District Court file that was supposed to provide the procedural mechanism for review. The home was ultimately lost. By the time the matter returned to court in January 2021, the motion to enforce was denied after the City argued that the matter had become moot because no criminal charges had been filed.
The second issue concerns testimony presented under oath by Maria Petrou on September 14, 2018. Maria Petrou is the mother of Dr. Myria Petrou and the individual whose allegations helped initiate the Ann Arbor Police investigation that ultimately resulted in the execution of search warrants, the freezing of accounts, and the proceedings before Judge Kuhnke.
After later obtaining and reviewing the video recording of the September 14, 2018 proceeding in Case No. 17-405-NI, Dr. Foerster and Dr. Petrou observed Maria Petrou testify under oath that she had never accused them of embezzlement.
Maria Petrou's testimony is difficult to reconcile with the history of the matter. The allegations reported by Maria Petrou had previously led to the Ann Arbor Police investigation, the execution of search warrants, the freezing of Dr. Foerster's and Dr. Petrou's accounts, and the subsequent proceedings before Judge Kuhnke.
The letter asks how Maria Petrou's testimony should be reconciled with the police records, the investigation, the search warrants, and the litigation that followed.
The correspondence also asks why no effort was made by Dr. Foerster's and Dr. Petrou's counsel at the time, Cyril C. Hall, to address testimony that appeared inconsistent with both the pleadings and the factual premise upon which the litigation had proceeded.
The three-page letter is reproduced below. The complete correspondence and exhibit package is available here:
Complete Letter and Exhibits to Judge Carol Kuhnke
Letter to Judge Carol Kuhnke, June 16, 2026
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Core Archive Documents
Case Model
Case Index
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Town & Gown: A Chronology (2014–2026)
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Selected Reporting
- From Mentor to Federal Investigation: The Dr. Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology
- July 26 Documentary Notice and Documentary Chronology Transmitted to City Attorney Kaur, Mayor Taylor, City Administrator Dohoney, and Police Chief Anderson Concerning Ann Arbor Police Department Investigations, Related City Proceedings, and Federal Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026).
- July 7 Documentary Notice to University of Michigan Vice President and General Counsel Timothy G. Lynch Concerning University and Law Enforcement Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026). July 8 UM Announces Lynch Leaving.
- From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
- The Institutional Fingerprint of the FBI Russia-Gate File: Referrals, Consults, Intelligence Reports, and the June 16, 2026 FBI Production
- Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Document More Than Two Years of Unsuccessful Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid (June 2026)
Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.