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Harassing Searches State Claim
Loaded on May 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1995, page 12
Alnoraindus Burton is an Illinois state prisoner. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that after he filed administrative grievances against prison guards who used racist slurs against him he was subjected to a widespread campaign of harassment and retaliation by the guards. This included guards opening and ...
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Cell Searches,
Strip Searches,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Legal Mail.
Location:
Illinois.
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