Legal Opinion

King v. ZAMIARA

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 22, 2012No. 09-2469PublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Cole, J.,

BECKWITH, D.J. (pp. 710-13), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Kevin King is an inmate with the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”). In 2002, King sued several MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his First Amendment rights when they transferred him from the Brooks Correctional Facility (“Brooks”), a Level II security facility, to the Chippewa Correctional Facility (“Chippewa”), a Level III facility, in May of 2000. King claims that the increased security level and corresponding transfer were…

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