Sanders v. Borgert

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Jeffery Sanders, is incarcerated at the Huron Valley Men’s Facility (“HVMF”) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sanders seeks damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from various HVMF officials who allegedly violated his constitutional rights. Shortly before this bench trial, Sanders dismissed his second appointed counsel, choosing to continue on a pro se basis. Sanders also explicitly waived his right to a jury trial. After I carefully explained this right to him on the record, Sanders signed a written waiver of jury trial and confirmed this waiver…