Legal Opinion
Michael Charles Ward v. Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department and Thomas Minick, Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1989No. 88-1886PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Michael Charles Ward, a former inmate in the Washtenaw County Jail, filed a pro se complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleged that defendants unconstitutionally denied him “access to all publications legally available to the general public.” The district court granted the defendants’ summary judgment motion and, upon appeal, a panel of this court remanded the case to determine whether plaintiff could prevail on a due process claim based on an entitlement created by state law. On remand, the district…
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