Legal Opinion
Joseph Watson v. Gerald Rozum
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 23, 2016No. 13-3510PublishedCited by 494 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McKee, Chief Judge
Joseph Watson, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset, Pennsylvania, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging prison officials violated his First Amendment rights by improperly issuing a misconduct against him, and by retaliating against him for the exercise of his First Amendment rights.
The District Court dismissed Watson’s suit against some of the officials with prejudice, and granted summary judgment in favor of the remaining officials on Watson’s surviving retaliation claims. Watson then filed this appeal. For the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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