ABBOTT v. MICHIGAN

No. 06-1434.

474 F.3d 324 (2007)

Thomas ABBOTT; Larry Arthur Ormsby; Antonio Mendoza; Edsol J. Stanley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of MICHIGAN; Michigan Department of Treasury; Michigan Department of Corrections, Defendants, Jennifer Granholm, Governor; Robert Kleine, Treasurer; Patricia Caruso, Director, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 22, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Timothy S. Barkovic, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for Appellants. Suann D. Cochran, State of Michigan, Department of Attorney General, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Timothy S. Barkovic, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for Appellants. Suann D. Cochran, Juandisha M. Harris, State of Michigan, Department of Attorney.

Before SILER, MOORE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants Thomas Abbott ("Abbott"), Larry Arthur Ormsby ("Ormsby"), Antonio Mendoza ("Mendoza"), and Edsol J. Stanley ("Stanley") appeal from the district court's judgment dismissing their claims. The plaintiffs filed a putative class action alleging that Defendants State of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Treasury, and the Michigan Department of Corrections,1 together...

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