Baskerville v. Blot.

• Position: GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, PRISONER - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RETALIATION

Baskerville v. Blot, 224 F.Supp.2d 723 (S.D.N.Y. 2002). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that corrections officers filed a frivolous misbehavior report against him in retaliation for his filing grievances and a lawsuit against the state. The prisoner also alleged that medical personnel failed to provide him with adequate care. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The district court held that fact issues as to whether an officer's assault on the prisoner was in retaliation precluded summary judgment. The court found that an officer's issuance of a false misbehavior report against the prisoner, a restraint order that resulted in his confinement in keeplock, denial of...