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Trial Required in Retaliation Claim
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1997, page 3
A federal district court in New York held prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity in a prisoner's lawsuit claiming he was retaliated against for suing them and that a trial was required to resolve the claims. Nathan Brown, a New York state prisoner, filed suit claiming prison guards ...
Filed under:
Threats by Staff,
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
New York.
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