Legal Opinion
Bazzetta v. McGinnis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 10, 2002No. 01-1635PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, a class of prisoners incarcerated by defendant Michigan Department of Corrections, and their prospective visitors, sue the department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that restrictions on prison visitation imposed in 1995 violate their rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
In 1995, Michigan’s Department of Corrections issued new regulations limiting who can visit prisoners. The regulations challenged by plaintiffs (1) banned visits from prisoners’ minor brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews; (2) banned all visits by prisoners’…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Michelle Bazzetta v. Kenneth McGinnis Director of Michigan Department of Corrections Michigan Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Phillips v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Patricia Johnson Michael Au France v. City of CincinnatiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Wolf v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- First Defense Legal Aid v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
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