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· 5/10/2024

Carver v. State of Florida

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  • concluding that prison supervisors lacked knowledge of the 2 risk in part because the prisoner “never disclosed [the sexual abuser’s] actions to prison 3 officials until long after the incidents at issue in this case occurred”
  • stating that in the First Amendment retaliation context “[t]he list of adverse actions has included harsh measures, such as discharge, refusal to hire, refusal to promote, reduction in pay, and reprimand”
  • explaining that a nonmovant “need[s] to create more than a metaphysical possibility that his allegations were correct; he need[s] to come forward with specific facts showing there is a genuine issue for trial” (emphasis and internal quotation marks omitted)
  • listing “lesser sanctions, such as failure to process a[n] [] insurance form, demotion, . . . and express accusations of lying”
  • listing “lesser sanctions, such as failure to process a [] insurance form, demotion, . . . and press accusations of lying”
  • noting the “gap” left where the “main act of 13 retaliation cited by [the plaintiff] . . . predate[d] his speech on a matter of public 14 concern”

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