[0] U.S. District Court: RETALIATION.

• Position: Brief Article

Hunter v. Heath, 95 F.Supp.2d 1140 (D.Or. 2000). A prison inmate brought an action under [sections] 1983 for unlawfully terminating his prison job/assignment as an inmate legal assistant. The district court found that while the inmate's removal did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, or that the prisoner's expectation of keeping a specific prison job--or any job--did not implicate a property or liberty interest, the true motivation for removing the prisoner from his job was not...