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Reliance Solely On Guard's Version of Incident Improper
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2005, page 32
In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights action against Michigan prison guards holding that the district court had erroneously relied on the guards' version of disputed fats.
Filed under:
False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings),
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Civil Procedure,
Summary Judgment,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Michigan.
Robert L. Johnson, a Michigan state prisoner, claimed that ...
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