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Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit
Loaded on June 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2013, page 36
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's lawsuit alleging discrimination based on his sexual orientation.
Filed under:
Work Release,
Private Prisons,
Prison Health Services,
Gay/Lesbian,
Private Contractors,
Diabetes.
Location:
Michigan.
Ricky Davis, a gay, insulin-dependent diabetic Michigan state prisoner, was screened, medically cleared and hired by an off-site public-works program.
He was the only openly gay participant …
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