Legal Opinion
Parmelee v. O'Neel
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 19, 2008No. 35652-0-IIPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBridgewater, J.
¶1 Alien1 Parmelee, a Department of Corrections (DOC) inmate, appeals from the dismissal of his suit for damages and for an injunction against DOC for violating his First Amendment rights and his due process rights, and retaliating against him for exercising his First Amendment rights. We hold that when DOC issued the infraction against Parmelee for referring to Sandra Carter, the superintendent of Clallam Bay Correctional Center, as “anti-male — a lesbian” in a letter to the DOC secretary, it based the infraction on the criminal libel statute under RCW 9.58.010. We hold that the criminal…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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