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BAZZETTA v. McGINNIS

Nos. 95-2181, 96-1559.

124 F.3d 774 (1997)

Michelle BAZZETTA; Stacy Barker; Toni Bunton; Debra King; Shante Allen; Adrienne Bronaugh; Alesia Butler; Tamara Prude; Susan Fair; Valerie Bunton; Arturo Zavala, through his next friend Valerie Bunton, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kenneth McGINNIS, Director of Michigan Department Of Corrections; Michigan Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. LaBelle (argued and briefed), Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle, Ann Arbor, MI, Michael Barnhart (briefed), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

George N. Stevenson, Kevin M. Thom (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lisa C. Ward (briefed), Lansing, MI, for Kevin McGinnis.

John P. Jacobs, O'Leary, O'Leary, Jacobs, Mattson & Perry, for amicus curiae Catholic Lawyers Society.

Robert A. Sedler, Wayne State University, Law School, Paul J. Denenfeld, Detroit, MI, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

Before: SILER, COLE, and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, certified classes of Michigan prison inmates and prospective prison visitors, appeal the denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction and the dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenge to State regulations restricting prison visitation rights. The visits at issue are "contact visits," i.e., visits that customarily take place in a "visitation room" or other area set aside for this purpose and permit innocent...

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