William Bell-Bey v. Beverly Williams

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff William Bell-Bey appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant Beverly Williams in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the district court.

I.Facts

Bell-Bey resides at a maximum security state prison operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”). Williams is the record officer supervisor of the prison, Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility. Pursuant to a policy directive, PD-BCF-63.03, and Michigan Administrative Rule 791.6603, MDOC provides indigent prisoners ten first-class…