Legal Opinion
Robert Hoskins v. Connie Lenear
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 2005No. 03-4190PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Hoskins, an Illinois prisoner, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison staff retaliated when he exercised his right to use the prison’s grievance system. The district court dismissed the suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) (2) (B) (ii) for failure to state a claim. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.
The facts according to Hoskins, which we accept as true, are as follows. See DeWalt v. Carter, 224 F.3d 607, 611-12 (7th Cir.2000). On January 17, 2003, Hos-kins was working his job in the cafeteria at Dixon Correctional Center when Officer Connie Lenear, the food…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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- Tony Walker v. Tommy G. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- William K. Zimmerman v. Margarita Tribble, Craig Hanks and Edward L. CohnCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- John C. Babcock v. R.L. White and G. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by103 opinions
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