HOSKINS v. LENEAR

No. 03-4190.

395 F.3d 372 (2005)

Robert HOSKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Connie LENEAR, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Hoskins, Lawrence Correctional Center, Sumner, IL, pro se.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Robert Hoskins, an Illinois prisoner, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison staff retaliated when he exercised his right to use the prison's grievance system. The district court dismissed the suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) for failure to state a claim. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

The facts according to Hoskins, which we accept as true, are as follows. See DeWalt v. Carter,

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