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COBB v. GREEN

No. G83-285 CA5.

574 F.Supp. 256 (1983)

Kendall COBB, Individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. Judge Timothy M. GREEN, Colleen M. Steinman, and Anthony Hufnagel, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

April 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Birch, Birch, Dean & Preston, East Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

George H. Weller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for Green and Steinman.

Jon W. Newman, Pros. Atty., St. Johns, Mich., for Hufnagel.

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

This is a purported class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in which plaintiff challenges the practice of refusing to appoint counsel to represent him and other similarly-situated indigent defendants at hearings on charges of contempt of court for failure to comply with child support orders. Defendant Timothy Green is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Clinton County, Michigan, who held plaintiff in...

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