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7th Circuit Reverses SJ Retaliatory Transfer Claims

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Discrimination, Gang Policies, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliatory Transfers, Retaliatory Segregation, Ad-Seg Hearings. Location: Illinois.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of
summary judgment to prison officials on due process and retaliatory
transfer claims.

The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) operates the Tamms
Correctional Center (Tamms). It is the highest security IDOC prison and
was designed...to be harsh, so the ...

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