Legal Opinion
Lockett v. Suardini
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2008No. 06-2392PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilman, J., joined by Sutton, J.,
MOORE, J. (pp. 878-79), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
James A. Lockett, a prisoner at the Alger Maximum Correctional Facility in Michigan, is serving a sentence of 7 to 15 years for assault. During a misconduct hearing at the prison, Lockett became angry and used crude language to insult the hearing officer. He claims that two prison guards responded by forcibly removing him from the hearing room and assaulting him, thereby causing him to suffer minor cuts and lacerations. He further alleges that two prison…
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