United States Sixth Circuit

Bazzetta v. McGinnis, 04-1823

Denial of summary judgment for defendant and grant of injunctive relief for prisoner-plaintiffs, are reversed where the district court abused its discretion by failing to dissolve an injunction prohibiting defendant from enforcing its regulations limiting the visitation rights of prisoners with multiple substance abuse convictions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2005
• Published 11/28/2005

Judges

• Before:  CLAY and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  OBERDORFER District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Lisa C. Ward, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants.  Deborah A. LaBelle, Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Lisa C. Ward, Leo H. Friedman, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants.  Deborah A. LaBelle, Patricia A. Streeter, Law Offices of Deborah LaBelle, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael J. Barnhart, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.