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Eleventh Circuit· 4/6/2011

O'BRYANT v. Finch

Citations

  • 637 F.3d 1207
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 6877
  • 2011 WL 1261132

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  • noting that “if the [prison] official can show that he would have taken the disciplinary action in the absence of the prisoner’s protected conduct, he cannot be held liable.”
  • noting that “if the [prison] official can show that he would have taken the disciplinary action in the absence of the prisoner's protected conduct, he cannot be held liable.”
  • recognizing that “[a]ny possible causal connection between the protected activity (the grievances) and the harm . . . is severed since the harm is not in reaction to any protected activity, but directly due to an improper activity”
  • holding that “an inmate cannot state a claim of retaliation for a disciplinary charge involving a prison rule infraction when the inmate was found guilty of the actual behavior underlying that charge after being afforded adequate due process”
  • noting that due process merely requires there be some evidence in the record that could support the conclusion reached by the disciplinary official
  • finding that the causal connection element of a retaliation claim cannot be established “if the official can show that he would have taken the disciplinary action in the absence of the prisoner’s protected conduct”

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Judges: Hull, Kravitch, Black

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