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Plaintiff, a prison inmate, alleged that a prison official approached three other inmates and asked them to sign affidavits stating that Plaintiff was selling drugs. Plaintiff filed suit, alleging that this conduct constituted a violation of substantive due process. The district court dismissed the complaint, because, even if the allegations were true, the complaint alleged only an "attempted" deprivation of liberty; Plaintiff had suffered no damage as a result of Defendant's alleged conduct. However, the court observed that, if the conduct had occurred, it did constitute "an egregious abuse of authority that shocks the conscience of the court."<\/p>

John Murphy-Bey v Harvey Dutcher<\/u>, Civ. No. 96-CV-71371-DT, E.D. Mich., 10\/28\/98, Friedman, J. (dkt #59 – 4 pages)<\/p>

This article was prepared by Mark A. Goldsmith, a partner in our Litigation Department, and will appear in the January 1999 edition of the Michigan Bar Journal.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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