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$7,639.20 Awarded in Retaliatory Transfer

Loaded on Feb. 15, 1996 published in Prison Legal News February, 1996, page 18
Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Transfers, Damages, Injunctions, Interpreters, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations. Location: Iowa.
Afederal district court in Iowa awarded $7,639.20 in compensatory and punitive damages to a prisoner who was transferred from an Iowa state prison to Arizona in retaliation for suing and filing grievances against Iowa prison officials. The plaintiff, Alfonso Sisneros, was largely successful on his retaliation claim. However, he fared ...

 

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