DICKERSON v. WARDEN

Docket No. 46384.

99 Mich. App. 630 (1980)

298 N.W.2d 841

DICKERSON v. WARDEN, MARQUETTE PRISON

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester G. Dickerson and Oscar J. Pratt, in propriis personis.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Keith D. Roberts, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and M.F. CAVANAGH, JJ.


V.J. BRENNAN, J.

Chester G. Dickerson and Oscar J. Pratt, inmates of the Marquette Branch Prison, appeal from the circuit court's dismissal of their "order for show cause" which alleged, pursuant to 42 USC 1983, a denial of Federal constitutional rights under color of state law. The plaintiffs claim that they were reclassified to a more restrictive inmate status without being afforded an opportunity to present proof to dispute the charges which served as the basis...

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