BAZZETTA v. CORRECTIONS DEPT. DIRECTOR

Docket No. 198107.

585 N.W.2d 758 (1998)

231 Mich. App. 83

Michelle BAZZETTA, Stacy Barker, Toni Bunton, Debra King, Shante Allen, Adrienne Branaugh, Alesia Butler, Tamara Prude, Susan Fair, Valerie Bunton, and Arturo Zavala, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR and Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 4, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication November 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah LaBelle, Detroit, and Gail Grieger, Livonia, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and George N. Stevenson, Assistant Attorney General, for defendants-appellees.

Stark and Gordon (by Carol A. Laughbaum and Sheldon J. Stark), Royal Oak, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Before GAGE, P.J., and REILLY and JANSEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs filed this action for injunctive and declaratory relief alleging that certain regulations restricting contact visits with prisoners incarcerated under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections (DOC) violated their state and federal constitutional rights and the Civil Rights Act (CRA), M.C.L. § 37.2101 et seq.; M.S.A. § 3.548(101) et seq. The plaintiff class consists...

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