Trying to stop removal hearing, Detroit mayor sues (AP)

FILE **In this Aug. 7, 2008 file photo, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick attends a hearing in 36th District Court in Detroit, Mich.  Michigan's Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Detroit's embattled mayor have had a strained relationship for years, and the tension is bound to escalate when she holds a hearing next week to decide whether to remove him from office for misconduct.   (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell, File)AP - Lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at scuttling a hearing that could lead to his ouster, saying the proceedings would be unfair and presided over by a governor who is biased against him.

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