Samuel Eric Austin v. Cal A. Terhune, Director, and James Williams, Correctional Officer

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• holding that “the Eighth Amendment’s protections do not necessarily extend to mere 9 verbal sexual harassment.”
• concluding that sexual gesturing from a control booth was not sufficiently serious to constitute an Eighth Amendment violation
• holding that “the Eighth Amendment’s protections do not necessarily extend to mere 15 verbal sexual harassment.”
• holding that prisoner’s complaint alleging that he was “punished for filing a grievance” against a correctional officer was sufficient to provide notice of claim that he was retaliated against for exercising his First Amendment rights
• holding that prisoner stated a First Amendment retaliation claim where he alleged that a guard exposed his genitalia to him and the guard then filed a false disciplinary report against him after he complained
• holding that prisoner’s complaint alleg- ing that he was “punished for filing a grievance” against a correctional officer was sufficient to provide notice of claim that he was retailed against for exercising his First Amend- ment rights

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