Thomas v. Deputy Warden

Defendant Jim Pogats, deputy warden of the State Prison of Southern Michigan, appeals by leave granted from a judgment for plaintiffs Willie Thomas, Larry Reid, Edward Grant, and Emma Penymon, as personal representative of the estate of Phillip J. Miller. We reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of defendant.

After a statutory change in the manner in which good-time and disciplinary credits were calculated, Thomas, Reid, Grant, and Miller (hereafter the plaintiffs) were discharged from prison on the basis of the Department of Corrections (doc) interpretation of the statutes. The…