Collins v. Department of Corrections

In this consolidation of two cases, we are asked to determine the effect of Martin v Dep’t of Corrections, 424 Mich 553; 384 NW2d 392 (1986). Plaintiff, an inmate at the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson, filed the first action (Docket No. 99139), asking for a declaratory judgment that Martin applied retroactively to invalidate all of his past major misconduct adjudications that had become final. In the second action (Docket No. 99447), plaintiff made a timely petition for review of a major misconduct violation for unauthorized occupation of a cell or room. The circuit court held…