Hadix v. Caruso

In this consolidated appeal, the State of Michigan challenges six district court orders arising from a consent decree that governs the conditions of confinement at several Michigan prison facilities. Because a recent opinion by the district court may moot some of these appeals, because the State has agreed to comply with some of the orders underlying these appeals and because both the State’s planned closing of one prison and the district court’s recent decision narrow the scope of these disputes, we remand the orders to the district court to determine which ones, if any, have become moot and…