Kitchen v. Whitmer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MICHAEL KITCHEN, Plaintiff, Case No. 18-11430 Honorable Laurie J. Michelson v. GRETCHEN WHITMER, HEIDI WASHINGTON, and BRIAN SHIPMAN, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [95] AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [94] Michael Kitchen is 52 years old; he has spent every day of his adult life in prison. As a juvenile, Kitchen committed serious, but nonhomicide, crimes. For his crimes, he was sentenced to a…