Favors v. Taylor

Order Gene T. Favors, a pro se Michigan prisoner, appeals a district court judgment dismissing his civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a). Seeking monetary and injunctive relief, Favors sued various officials at the State Prison of Southern Michigan (SPSM) alleging numerous constitutional deprivations in connection with his confinement at SPSM. He also alleged that he had been transferred out of SPSM in retaliation for filing his § 1983 lawsuit. Favors, through counsel, later agreed to dismiss all his claims for damages and to pursue only his claim for injunctive relief as to the conditions at SPSM. Favors also requested that his case be consolidated with Hadix v. Johnson, Case No. 80-CV-73581-DT on the docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.