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BAZZETTA v. McGINNIS

No. 01-1635.

286 F.3d 311 (2002)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lisa C. Ward (argued and briefed), Asst. Attorney Gen., Leo H. Friedman (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, MI, Mark W. Matus (briefed), Michigan Department of Attorney, Lansing, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Jill M. Wheaton (briefed), Dykema Gossett PLLC, Detroit, MI, Michael J. Steinberg (briefed), Kary L. Moss (briefed), American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan, Detroit, MI, for Amici Curiae.

Before: MERRITT, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, a class of prisoners incarcerated by defendant Michigan Department of Corrections, and their prospective visitors, sue the department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that restrictions on prison visitation imposed in 1995 violate their rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

In 1995, Michigan's Department of Corrections issued new regulations limiting who can visit prisoners. The...

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