U.S. District Court: RETALIATION RULES.

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Nicholas v. Tucker, 89 F.Supp.2d 475 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a state corrections department and officials alleging that he was improperly subjected to prison discipline. The district court held that a state rule that prohibited inmates from misusing, damaging or wasting state property was not unconstitutionally vague. The inmate had been disciplined for his use of a computer in a prison administration building to which he had access as part of his...