Cromer 211902 v. Washington

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD JAMES CROMER, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:22-cv-75 v. Hon. Hala Y. Jarbou HEIDI WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants. ___________________________________/ ORDER Plaintiff Edward James Cromer, a state prisoner, brings this civil action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against several Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Marquette Branch Prison (MBP) employees. Cromer’s allegations stem from MBP’s implementation of—and Cromer’s placement into—the “Start Unit,” an alternative general population housing program for certain…