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JOHNSON v. BERGE

No. 02-0911.

260 Wis.2d 758 (2003)

2003 WI App 51

659 N.W.2d 418

Michael S. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, Xavier J. RUIZ and Paul Price, Plaintiffs, v. Gerald BERGE, Jon E. Litscher, John Sharpe, Vickie Sharpe, Tim Haines, Linda Hoddy Tripp and Gary Boughton, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael S. Johnson, pro se.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jody J. Schmelzer, assistant attorney general, and James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Before Dykman, Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.

¶ 1. DYKMAN, J.

Michael Johnson appeals from the denial of his motion for a change of venue and from an order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. We reverse the trial court's denial of Johnson's motion to change venue. We remand his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim with directions to address Johnson's First Amendment issues.

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Johnson, an inmate, filed a summons and complaint alleging that the mail policy at Wisconsin...

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