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PILGRIM v. LUTHER

Docket No. 07-1950-pr.

571 F.3d 201 (2009)

Prince PILGRIM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David LUTHER, Corrections Officer, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Edward Vaughn, Sergeant, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and Joseph T. Smith, First Deputy Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prince Pilgrim, Dannemora, NY, pro se.

Marion R. Buchbinder, Assistant Solicitor General (Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, and Peter Karanjia, Special Counsel to the Solicitor General) for Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY, for defendants-appellees.

Before: MINER, CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and STEIN, District Judge.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

We are asked to consider whether a prison inmate's First Amendment right to free speech is violated by enforcement of a state prison regulation that prohibits inmates from leading or organizing work stoppages at state penitentiaries. Plaintiff-appellant Prince Pilgrim ("plaintiff" or "Pilgrim"), an inmate in New York's correctional system, brought this suit, pro se, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants...

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