BAZZETTA v. McGINNIS

No. 95-CV-73540-DT.

148 F.Supp.2d 813 (2001)

Michelle BAZZETTA, Stacy Barker, Toni Bunton, Debra King, Shante Allen, Adrienne Bronaugh, Alesia Butler, Tamara Prude, Susan Fair, Valerie Bunton and Arturo Zavala, through his Next Friend Valerie Bunton, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth McGINNIS, Director of Michigan Department of Corrections, Dan Bolden, Deputy Director of the Correctional Facilities, Michigan Department of Corrections, Marjorie VanOchten, Administrator of the Office of Policy and Hearings of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan Department of Corrections, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

April 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Barnhart, Detroit, MI, Deborah A. LaBelle, Ann Arbor, MI, Patricia A. Streeter, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Lisa C. Ward, Kevin M. Thom, Barbara A. Schmidt, George N. Stevenson, Michigan Dept. of Atty. General, Lansing, MI, for Defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

EDMUNDS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, inmates of the Michigan Department of Correction and their prospective visitors, brought this suit against the Director of the Department challenging various restrictions on visitation. Specifically, Plaintiffs challenge restrictions which 1) prohibit visits by siblings, nieces and nephews who are under eighteen years old; 2) prohibit visits...

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