Segreti v. Giller.

• Position: Lex talionis case - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RETALIATION

Segreti v. Giller, 259 F.Supp.2d 733 (N.D.Ill. 2003). A former inmate brought a [section] 1983 claim against correctional officers seeking compensatory and punitive damages, based on an alleged retaliatory transfer. The district court denied the officers' motion to dismiss. The court held that the officers' alleged conduct supported the inmate's claim for retaliatory transfer, in response to filing a grievance against a corrections...