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Retaliation Claims Have Three Part Test

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Classification, Transfers, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliatory Transfers, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Paralegals. Location: Florida.

The court of appeals for the Eleventh circuit held that jailhouse lawyers do not have a constitutionally protected right to be law clerks or be at a specific prison; prisoners' assistance to others in legal matters and in writing the media complaining about prison conditions are protected by the First ...

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