DOES 11-18 v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Nos. 332536, 335440, 335527.

917 N.W.2d 730 (2018)

323 Mich. App. 479

John DOES 11-18 and Jane Doe 1/all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Governor, Former Director Department of Corrections, Former Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Chief Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Warden of Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, Warden of Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Oaks Correctional Facility, Warden of Thumb Correctional Facility, Warden of Chippewa Correctional Facility, Warden of Kinross Correctional Facility, Warden of Newberry Correctional Facility, and Warden of Michigan Reformatory Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellants. John Does 1-10/all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Department of Corrections, Governor, Director Department of Corrections, Former Director Department of Corrections, Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Chief Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Warden of Ionia Correctional Facility, Former Warden of E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility, Warden of Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Oaks Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Thumb Correctional Facility, Warden of Chippewa Correctional Facility, Warden of Marquette Correctional Facility, Warden of Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, Warden of Kinross Correctional Facility, Warden of Newberry Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Warden of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Warden of Michigan Reformatory and Warden Saginaw Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellants. John Does 1-10/all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Department of Corrections, Governor, Director Department of Corrections, Former Director Department of Corrections, Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Former Chief Deputy Director Department of Corrections Facilities Administration, Warden of Ionia Correctional Facility, Former Warden of E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility, Warden of Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Warden of Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Oaks Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Thumb Correctional Facility, Warden of Chippewa Correctional Facility, Warden of Marquette Correctional Facility, Warden of Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility, Warden of Kinross Correctional Facility, Warden of Newberry Correctional Facility, Former Warden of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Warden of Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Warden of Michigan Reformatory and Warden Saginaw Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 27, 2018, 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah LaBelle , Anlyn Addis , Richard A. Soble , Michael L. Pitt , Beth M. Rivers , Peggy Goldberg Pitt , Cary S. McGehee , and Salvatore Prescott, PLLC (by Jennifer B. Salvatore ) for plaintiffs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Laura Moody , Chief Legal Counsel, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Mark Donnelly and Heather Meingast , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.

Before: O'Connell, P.J., and Murphy and K.F. Kelly, JJ.


Defendants appeal by right and by leave from three separate rulings of the trial court. First, defendants claim that the trial court erred when it declared unconstitutional an exclusion prohibiting individuals who are serving a sentence of imprisonment from bringing actions under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA), MCL 37...

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