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HANNON v. BEARD

No. 10-1792.

645 F.3d 45 (2011)

Francis HANNON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jeffrey BEARD, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Matule , with whom David S. Clancy and Christopher G. Clark were on brief, for appellant.

Claudia M. Tesoro , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with whom William H. Ryan, Jr. , Acting Attorney General, and John G. Knorr, III , Chief Deputy Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, SELYA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Francis Hannon, a convict serving a sentence imposed by a Pennsylvania state court, characterizes his transfer to a Massachusetts penitentiary as an unlawful retaliatory response to his vigorous exercise of First Amendment rights. In his ensuing suit for damages, the district court entered summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Jeffrey Beard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC). Concluding...

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