Brightwell v. Lehman

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in the absence of a penalty arising from an allegedly false misconduct, no adverse action is suffered
• holding that a retaliatory disciplinary charge that is later dismissed is insufficient to serve as the basis of a § 1983 action
• concluding that a misconduct charge against an inmate-plaintiff, which is later dismissed, does not rise to the level of adverse action for purposes of a retaliation claim
• explaining that a prisoner’s “vague assertions 3 and self-diagnoses” of serious medical needs were inadequate bases for his Eighth Amendment claim
• explaining that we may affirm a district court decision for any reason supported by the record
• charging plaintiff with prison misconduct charge that is later dismissed does not rise to the level of adverse action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).