These Defendants Include: Patricia L. Caruso, Director of the MDOC; Unknown Straub, Deputy Director of the MDOC; Dave J
Case: 08-1779 Document: 00615826829 Filed: 08/27/2009 Page: 1 NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 09a0614n.06 Nos. 08-1710/1779/1820 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT LAMONT BERNARD HEARD, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) PATRICIA CARUSO, named as ) ON APPEAL FROM THE Director of the Michigan Department ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT of Corrections, in her individual ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN capacity, et al., ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ) Defendants-Appellees, ) ) O P I N I O N RANDALL MASKER, named as Mail ) Room Supervisor, in his individual ) capacity. ) ) Defendant-Appellee. ) _______________________________________) Before: MOORE, CLAY, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges. KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Lamont Bernard Heard (“Heard”), a Michigan prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees, several employees of the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”), in this civil-rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Additionally, Heard appeals the judgment 1These defendants include: Patricia L. Caruso, Director of the MDOC; Unknown Straub, Deputy Director of the MDOC; Dave J. Burnett, MDOC Special Activities Coordinator; Robert Mulvaney, MDOC Security Threat Group Coordinator; Jeri-Ann Sherry, Warden of Chippewa Correctional Facility (“Chippewa”); Greg McQuiggin, Deputy Warden of Chippewa; Michael Brown, Security Threat Group Coordinator at Chippewa; Steven Therrian, a lieutenant at Chippewa; Case: 08-1779 Document: 00615826829 Filed: 08/27/2009 Page: 2 in favor of MDOC employee Randall Masker (“Masker”) following a bench trial on Heard’s claim that Masker opened Heard’s legal mail outside Heard’s presence. These cases have been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.
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