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WATSON v. ROZUM

No. 13-3510.

834 F.3d 417 (2016)

Joseph WATSON, Appellant v. Gerald L. ROZUM, Superintendent; Daniel Gehlmann, Deputy Supt.; Joseph Dupont, Hearing Officer at SCI Somerset; Leo Glass, Major at SCI Somerset; Melissa Hainsworth, Major at SCI Somerset; Simosko, Security Captain at SCI Somerset; Snyder, Security Captain at SCI Somerset; Coutts, Security Officer at SCI Somerset.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: August 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen G. Kane , Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Kemal A. Mericli (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 564 Forbes Avenue, 6th Floor, Manor Complex, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Appellees.

Benjamin R. Barnett , Ellen L. Mossman (Argued), Dechert, LLP, 2929 Arch Street, 18th Floor, Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Counsel for Appellant.

Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, AMBRO, and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Joseph Watson, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Somerset, Pennsylvania, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging prison officials violated his First Amendment rights by improperly issuing a misconduct against him, and by retaliating against him for the exercise of...

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