Siggers v. Campbell, No. 09-2404 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseThe inmate, serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and carrying a gun while attempting to commit a felony, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit, alleging First Amendment retaliation, conspiracy to violate constitutional rights, and violations of state law. He claims that defendants improperly rejected his incoming mail and filed two false misconduct reports against him after his success in an earlier retaliation suit. The district court dismissed most of the claims as unexhausted, and granted summary judgment on the remaining claims. The Sixth Circuit affirmed with respect to exhaustion, but reversed summary judgment on a retaliation claim because the inmate had not received requested discovery materials. The inmate was required to file individual grievances challenging all but one of the mail rejections; the state was not on notice of an ongoing problem because the rejections were based on different policies. Michigan’s rules provide that the only avenue for challenging major misconduct reports is a hearing, which the inmate did not request.
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