Legal Opinion
Michelle Bazzetta v. Kenneth McGinnis Director of Michigan Department of Corrections Michigan Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2005No. 04-1823PublishedCited by 297 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This case marks another chapter in a ten-year controversy between incarcerated felons, their visitors, and the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”). In 1995, MDOC issued regulations affecting prisoners’ visitation privileges, including a permanent ban on virtually all visitation for prisoners found guilty of two or more substance abuse violations. After a bench trial, the district court ruled that MDOC’s visitation limitations, including the substance abuse regulation, violated the prisoners’ constitutional rights under the First and Eighth…
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