Chris Hynes v. J. Squillace, Hearing Officer N. Buth, Correction Officer and Louis F. Mann, Superintendent

Plaintiff-Appellant Chris Hynes, an inmate at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, filed suit alleging that a corrections officer violated Hynes’ First Amendment rights by charging him with misbehavior in retaliation for his prior inmate complaints, and that the prison hearing officer who ruled on the misbehavior report violated Hynes’ due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. After referring the case to a Magistrate Judge and receiving the Magistrate Judge’s Report-Recommendation, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Scullin, J.) granted defendants’…