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$7,639.20 Awarded in Retaliatory Transfer
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1996, page 18
Afederal district court in Iowa awarded $7,639.20 in compensatory and punitive damages to a prisoner who was transferred from an Iowa state prison to Arizona in retaliation for suing and filing grievances against Iowa prison officials. The plaintiff, Alfonso Sisneros, was largely successful on his retaliation claim. However, he fared …
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