Smith v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Ralph Smith, Jr. was fired from his job as a prison guard. He was reinstated later, but he lost his back pay, seniority, and benefits. He has filed the present action against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and some of its employees alleging that they denied him certain pre-termination procedures in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, their actions constitute retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and…