Pate v. Peel.

• Position: Grievance procedures, - Prisoner alleges nurse of retaliation - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RETALIATION

Pate v. Peel, 256 F.Supp.2d 1326 (N.D.Fla. 2003). A state inmate brought an action against a prison nurse practitioner, alleging retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and deliberate indifference to his known serious medical conditions in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the nurse. The inmate had filed a grievance challenging denial of a medical pass for his bashful bladder syndrome (BBS). He had been cleared for arduous field force duty after having been assigned to a less demanding welding job, which the inmate alleged was an adverse action. The court held that the...