David S. Peterson v. John Shanks, Warden, Wilfred Romero, and Major Ruben Vigil

How courts have described this case

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• holding that filing of lawsuit was not “but for” cause of placement into segregation when such placement occurred before the suit was filed
• holding that a prisoner must prove “but for” retaliatory motive, disciplinary action would not have taken place
• concluding assertions “based on mere speculation rather than evidence” were insufficient to survive summary judgment
• finding that a prisoner did not have a viable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for denial to family visitation
• noting that “conclusory allegations without supporting factual averments are insufficient to state a claim on which relief can be based”
• holding retaliation is improper “even where the action taken in retaliation would be otherwise permissible”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).