WEBERG v. FRANKS

No. 98-1472.

229 F.3d 514 (2000)

Merrianne WEBERG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Randy FRANKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brian J. Richtarcik, CHAPMAN & ASSOCIATES, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellants.

Katherine C. Galvin, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND ELECTIONS DIVISION, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Ronald W. Chapman, (briefed), Chapman & Associates, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellants.

John Fitzgerald Szczubelek, (briefed), Gary P. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Katherine C. Galvin (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Public Employment and Elections Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: KRUPANSKY, RYAN, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Merrianne Weberg appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant prison officials in this "reverse" racial discrimination action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 For the reasons stated below, we REVERSE.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, a Caucasian corrections sergeant, was employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections ...

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