Spruytte v. Hoffner

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

QUIST, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Floyd J. Spruytte, Jr. (“Spruytte”) and Edward Rimka (“Rim-ka”), have sued Defendants, Robert Collins (“Collins”), Bonita Hoffner (“Hoffner”), and Bill Martin (“Martin”), alleging that Collins and Hoffner retaliated against them for exercising their First Amendment rights by transferring them from the Lakeland Correctional Facility to other prison facilities. 1 Plaintiffs have sued Col lins and Hoffner in their individual and official capacities. Martin, the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections, is sued…