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· 12/28/1994

Leon Burgess v. Dick Moore Gary Blanks Michael Groose David Dobson Tony Lander Gerald Bommel, Caseworker Eric Franks

Citations

  • 39 F.3d 216

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  • holding that threat of retaliation is sufficient injury if made in retaliation for inmate’s use of prison grievance procedure
  • holding that threat of retaliation is sufficient injury if made in retaliation for inmate’s use of prison grievance procedure
  • holding that threat of retaliation is sufficient injury if made in retaliation for inmate’s use of prison grievance procedure
  • finding that an inmate-plaintiff satisfied the adverse action requirement where he submitted evidence that a corrections officer threatened to retaliate against him if he did not drop an internal prison grievance complaining about a use of force
  • supervisor present during alleged use of excessive force could be found to be deliberately indifferent for failure to intervene
  • threat made in retaliation for a prisoner’s use of the prison grievance system is sufficient to state a First Amendment retaliation claim

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Judges: Fagg, Heaney, Bowman

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