Legal Opinion

James Maben v. Troy Thelen

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 3, 2018No. 17-1289PublishedCited by 694 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff James Maben ("Maben") appeals from the judgment entered by the district court granting Defendant Troy Thelen's ("Thelen") motion for summary judgment and dismissing the case. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM in part and REVERSE in part the judgment of the district court and REMAND the case to the district court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

I. Factual History

Maben is an incarcerated prisoner in Michigan. On October 19, 2015, Maben was in the prison's food service line for lunch. The cafeteria server provided Maben with half a…

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