Ruth A. Marquart v. Lodge 837, International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers

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• holding that prisoner has no constitutional right to effective 27 grievance or appeal procedure
• holding plaintiffs complaint made out prima facie case where she alleged union would not process her grievance because alleged perpetrators were favored union members
• “[P]roof that a plaintiffs case is frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless is not possible without a judicial determination of the plaintiffs case on the merits.”
• no liberty interest in processing of appeals in the absence of 27 entitlement to a specific grievance procedure

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