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Sixth Circuit Upholds $34,000 Retaliation Verdict; New Trial & No Recusal Not Abuse of Discretion
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2006, page 41
Filed under:
Retaliation for Litigating,
HIV/AIDS,
Cell Searches,
Prisoner Legal Assistance,
Legal Materials,
Writing Implements,
Civil Procedure,
Damages,
New Trial Motions,
Recusal.
Location:
Michigan.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's order granting a new damages trial on a prisoner's retaliation claim. The appellate court also upheld the district judge's refusal to recuse himself.
Ernest Bell, Jr., was a prisoner at the Southern Michigan State Prison who was held in administrative ...
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