MORRIS v. POWELL

No. 05-40578 Summary Calendar.

449 F.3d 682 (2006)

David Gene MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christy POWELL, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Gene Morris, Tennessee Colony, TX, pro se.

Seth Byron Dennis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Law Enforcement Defense Div., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Inmate David Morris sued prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged retaliation against him for exercising his First Amendment right to use the prison grievance system. The district court determined that prisoners bringing such claims must allege more than a de minimis retaliatory act to establish a constitutional violation. Finding that the retaliation alleged by Morris did not pass this bar, the court granted the...

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