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Retaliatory Transfer for Seeking Creation of Law Library Unconstitutional

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliatory Transfers, Retaliation for Organizing, Court Access, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Law Library Access/Adequacy. Location: Indiana.

The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana district
court's order dismissing a prisoner's § 1983 action alleging alternative
theories of retaliation to justify his transfer. The appellate court found
that all of the theories might be true, which consisted of the prisoner
being a jailhouse lawyer ...

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