Felton v. Huibregtse

ORDER

Stanley Felton, a Wisconsin prisoner, sued five prison employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, arguing that they retaliated against him, in violation of the First Amendment, for complaining in a letter mailed to the deputy warden, Gary Bough-ton, that Boughton had ignored his earlier grievances. The district court granted summary judgment to all five defendants after concluding that Felton’s letter was disrespectful and therefore not protected speech. We conclude that a complaint mailed outside of the normal grievance process containing offensive language that is unnecessary to the complaint…