United States Sixth Circuit

District court has not shown that current prison conditions deny prisoners "the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities"; finding of a constitutional violation is reversed and remanded for a more detailed analysis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/06/2004
• Published 05/06/2004

Judges

• KENNEDY, Circuit Judge., Before KENNEDY, DAUGHTREY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• A. Peter Govorchin (argued and briefed), Leo H. Friedman (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, MI, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth R. Alexander (argued and briefed), National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., Michael J. Barnhart (briefed), Detroit, MI, Patricia A. Streeter, Ann Arbor, MI, for Appellees.