Legal Opinion
Clarence Erwin Copeland v. Mark MacHulis James Stephens
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1995No. 93-2590PublishedCited by 1,232 opinions
1Per curiam
Clarence Erwin Copeland, a pro se Michigan prisoner, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his civil rights action for damages filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Copeland alleges that the Property Sergeant at Standish Maximum Correctional Facility, Mark Machulis, and the Acting Assistant Deputy Warden, James Stephens, deprived him of property without due process of law and in violation of equal protection.
Initially, we must decide in this ease whether a Michigan prisoner is foreclosed from recovering under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because he failed to plead and prove that available state law…
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