Shane Kervin v. La Clair Barnes

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• emphasizing that “backtalk by prison inmates to guards, like other speech that violates prison discipline, is not constitutionally protected”
• “[B]acktalk by prison inmates to guards, like other speech that violates prison discipline, is not constitutionally protected.”
• “backtalk by prison inmates to guards, like other speech that violates prison discipline, is not constitutionally protected”
• term of segregation “considerably shorter” than six months can trigger a liberty interest “depending on the conditions of confinement”
• “[B]acktalk by prison inmates to guards, like other speech that violates prison discipline, is not constitutionally protected” because it can often lead to violence.
• “[B]acktalk by prison inmates to guards, like other speech that violates prison discipline, is not constitutionally protected.”

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