Morales v. Mackalm.

• Position: CIVIL RIGHTS - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Morales v. Mackalm, 278 F.3d 126 (2nd Cir. 2002). An inmate brought a civil rights action against corrections personnel alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, sexually assaulted him, discriminated against him on the basis of his race, and retaliated against him because he filed a grievance. The district court dismissed the case with prejudice and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, and vacated and remanded in part. The appeals court held that the inmate stated an actionable claim for retaliation based on officials' actions in transferring him to a psychiatric center shortly after he filed a grievance. The appeals court found that the allegation that a...