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JOHNSON v. HEFFRON

No. 95-1836.

88 F.3d 404 (1996)

Fred JOHNSON, Robert Simpson and Terry Troutman, pretrial detainees at the Kent County Correctional Facility, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Philip J. HEFFRON, Sheriff of Kent County; the County of Kent, Michigan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Meeks, Grand Rapids, MI, Michael O. Nelson (argued and briefed), Legal Aid of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, for Fred Johnson, Robert Simpson, Terry Troutman.

Teresa S. Decker (argued and briefed), Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, for Philip J. Heffron, County of Kent, MI.

Before KENNEDY, CONTIE, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In this prisoners' civil rights action, defendants Kent County Sheriff Philip Heffron and Kent County Correctional Facility (defendants collectively called "KCCF"), appeal the denial of their motion to vacate a consent judgment and terminate the court's jurisdiction pursuant to rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 For the following reasons, we REVERSE the District Court's denial of defendants...

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