The voicing and filing of grievances by members of inmate liaison committees in New York state prisons are constitutionally protected activities, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.
The judges reinstated a pro se claim by prisoner Rory Dolan that he was retaliated against for activities on the Inmate Liaison Committee (ILC) at Fishkill Correctional Facility in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§1983 and 1985(3).
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