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SULLIVAN v. BENNINGFIELD

No. 18-5643.

920 F.3d 401 (2019)

Christopher SULLIVAN; Nathan Haskell; William Gentry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sam BENNINGFIELD; Oddie Shoupe, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel A. Horwitz , LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL A. HORWITZ, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Michael T. Schmitt , ORTALE KELLEY LAW FIRM, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel A. Horwitz , LAW OFFICE OF DANIEL A. HORWITZ, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Michael T. Schmitt , ORTALE KELLEY LAW FIRM, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

COLE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MOORE, J., joined. SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pg. 413), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

In May 2017, Judge Sam Benningfield issued an order offering a 30-day sentencing credit to inmates in White County, Tennessee. There was one condition: to obtain the credit, inmates had to submit to sterilization. After public outcry about the sterilization-for-sentencing-credits program, Judge Benningfield issued...

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