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Type
Opinion
Author
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Filed
March 6, 2019
Case
Timothy Sampson v. Cathy Garrett
Case status
Decided

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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Timothy Sampson is serving a life sentence in a Michigan prison. He sued Wayne County, Michigan, and a host of state-court officials and private attorneys under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging they conspired to deprive him of trial transcr…

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