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MI Hearing Officer Fired for Following Law
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2000, page 27
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that fact issues existed as to whether a major misconduct decision maker employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) was retaliated against and fired, for failing to maintain a 90% misconduct conviction rate and for filing a grievance based on race factors. ...
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Retaliation against Staff,
Hearing Officers,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Employee Litigation.
Location:
Michigan.
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