Legal Opinion
Ronald Weaver Leo McKaye Morris Martin v. Raymond Toombs Robert Brown, Jr. Donald Mason Robert Mulvaney Ted Strassburg
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1991No. 90-1012PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Ronald Weaver, Leo McKaye, and Morris Martin, prisoners at a Michigan penal facility, Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility (IMCF), instituted a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deprivation of various constitutional rights against defendants — three lower officials and the warden of IMCF — as well as the Director of the Department of Corrections. The magistrate granted plaintiffs’ motion to proceed in forma pauperis from the outset. After defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed the case in a written opinion, finding…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- David Richard Moon v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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