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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Retaliation Claim By Federal Prisoner Against Guard in Illinois Lockup Who Saw Grievance Against Him
Loaded on July 1, 2024
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2024, page 47
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Failure to Protect (General),
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions.
Location:
Illinois.
by Matt Clarke
On November 28, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit declined to let a federal prisoner sue officials with the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) who allegedly put him in harm’s way at an Illinois lockup. The decision was predictable, given the adamant ...
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