NEWELL v. BROWN

No. 92-1446.

981 F.2d 880 (1992)

Ricky NEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert BROWN, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Holloway (argued, briefed), Davis, Culpepper & Saroki, Detroit, MI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Linda M. Olivieri (argued, briefed), Office of the Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Lansing, MI, for Robert Brown, Jr., Dan Bolden, David Trippett, A.J. Jackson, F. Lavigne.

Michael L. Murray, Steven R. Ross (argued, briefed), Charles Tiefer, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, DC, Linda M. Olivieri, Office of Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Lansing, MI, for William Schuette.

Before: KEITH and NELSON, Circuit Judges; and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 9, 1993.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

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