Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Chestnut
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 29, 1999No. Docket Nos. 98-2853(L), 98-2897(XAP)PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Per curiam
The question presented here is whether employees of the Bureau of Prisons are shielded by qualified immunity from suit on a First Amendment retaliation claim, brought pursuant to Bivens v. Six Un*146known Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), on the grounds that they would have taken the challenged actions even absent a retaliatory motive.
Defendants Melvin L. Chestnut, Valerie Smith, Byron Goode, and Ecliffe Govia appeal from that portion of the July 28, 1998 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Thaddeus-X and Earnest Bell, Jr. v. BlatterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Crawford-El v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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