Griffin v. Thomas

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to examine the elements that constitute a claim that prison officials have taken retaliatory disciplinary actions in violation of a prisoner’s First Amendment rights. On remand after our 1997 case of Griffin v. Thomas, 1997-NMCA-009, 122 N.M. 826, 932 P.2d 516 (hereinafter Griffin I), the parties in this case resumed litigation on Plaintiffs claims of due process and First Amendment violations. The district court granted summary judgment for Defendants on both claims and dismissed Plaintiffs complaint with prejudice. Plaintiff claims that the…