Joseph E. Birrell v. Robert Brown, Director, Michigan Dept. Of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1989-02-13

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WELLFORD, Circuit Judge. This interlocutory appeal arises out of an ongoing civil rights action challenging the plaintiff’s conditions of confinement in a Michigan state prison. The sole issue for our consideration is whether it was error to deny the defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity as prison officials. <a class="footnote" href="#fn1" "f…

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