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$1,250 Settlement in Oregon Retaliation, Court Access Claims
Loaded on April 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2006, page 35
A federal court in Oregon denied prison officials qualified immunity on a prisoners freedom of association, access to courts and retaliation claims. The association and retaliation claims were later settled for $1,250 and a transfer to another prison.
Filed under:
Retaliation for Litigating,
Disciplinary Hearings,
Retaliatory Discipline,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Oregon.
On December 21, 2000, Oregon Department Of Corrections (ODOC) prisoner Frank Phillips ...
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