Legal Opinion
Kevin King v. Chuck Zamiara
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2015No. 13-1766, 13-1777PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we decide whether 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), a provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), precludes prisoners from asserting meritorious § 1983 claims alleging First Amendment violations merely because those violations did not also cause physical harm. After Kevin King, an inmate held by the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”), participated in a class-action lawsuit designed to challenge personal property policies at MDOC facilities (the “Cain litigation”), prison officials transferred him to a prison with a higher…
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