DAVIDSON v. CHESTNUT

Docket Nos. 98-2853(L), 98-2897(XAP).

193 F.3d 144 (1999)

Ronald DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Melvin L. CHESTNUT, Valerie Smith, Byron Goode, and Ecliffe Govia, Officer, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Rick M. Reish, Alan Steifel, Carl Vitanza, Thomas Bouldin, Bill Urbano, Rajeesh Patel, Jamie Zayas, Franklin Olmo, Daniel Murray, Joseph Morales, James Lawrence, Curtis Cole, Kenneth Washington, James Courtney, Nicholas De Fonte, Clark Marquez, Estaban Roman, John Feely, Carlos Quiroz, Dominique Raia, John Doe 1, and John Does 2-10, in their individual and official capacities, and Oliver Brown, in his individual capacity, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Davidson, pro se (Eric L. Aaronson, Paul C. Llewellyn, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, of counsel), Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Heidi A. Wendel, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before: WALKER, CABRANES and SACK, Circuit Judges.


PER 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 Unknown 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...

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