Legal Opinion
Randy Berkshire v. Debra Dahl
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2019No. 17-1993; 17-2039PublishedCited by 1,413 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Randy Berkshire was formerly an inmate incarcerated at the Macomb Correctional Facility in Michigan. There, he experienced a parade of horribles. The question is whether those responsible violated Berkshire's clearly established constitutional rights. Different facts and different law apply to each Defendant in this case.
Berkshire had mental-health issues, but he began to improve while he was in the Residential Treatment Program ("RTP") at the Macomb Facility. In RTP, Berkshire worked as a Housing Unit Representative on a "Warden's Forum," in which he brought…
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