United States Sixth Circuit

Case law fails to show that an inmate's right to marry was so clearly established that a state official reasonably would believe that declining to assist an inmate in obtaining a marriage license is unconstitutional, thus state officials are entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2003
• Published 07/31/2003

Judges

• Before GILMAN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  POLSTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arnold S. White (argued and briefed), White & Fish, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd R. Marti (argued and briefed), J. Eric Holloway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, Linda L. Woeber (briefed), Ralph E. Burnham (briefed), Montgomery, Rennie & Jonson, Cincinnati, OH, Jeffrey Lynn Glasgow (briefed), Tracie M. Boyd (briefed), Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Columbus, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.