Legal Opinion
Hannon v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 8, 2011No. 10-1792PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Francis Hannon, a convict serving a sentence imposed by a Pennsylvania state court, characterizes his transfer to a Massachusetts penitentiary as an unlawful retaliatory response to his vigorous exercise of First Amendment rights. In his ensuing suit for damages, the district court entered summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Jeffrey Beard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC). Concluding that the plaintiff has not made out a prima facie case of retaliation, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
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