Hale v. Scott.

• Position: Retaliation - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RETALIATION

Hale v. Scott, 252 F.Supp.2d 728 (C.D.Ill. 2003). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging retaliation for exercise of his First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the inmate's discipline, that resulted from stating in a grievance form that a female correctional officer was rumored to be having sex with male officers, did not violate the inmate's First Amendment rights, where the statement...