NOBLES v. BROWN

No. 92-1409.

985 F.2d 235 (1993)

Elizabeth K. NOBLES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert BROWN, Jr., Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Chapman (briefed), Lori T. Williams (argued), Chapman & Associates, Troy, MI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard J. Malinowski (argued and briefed), Office of the Atty. Gen., Corrections Div., Lansing, MI, for defendants-appellees.

Before: NELSON and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought against various Michigan prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a prison guard who was taken captive and raped by a prisoner. The issue presented on appeal is whether the defendant officials could be found to have violated the prohibition imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment against a state's depriving any person of liberty without due process of law. The district court resolved this issue in favor...

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