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BOOKER v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 15-7679.

855 F.3d 533 (2017)

Patrick L. BOOKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Sylvia Jones; Ann Sheppard; Thierry Nettles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Meir Zionts , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Michael D. Freeman, Sr. , GRIFFITH, SHARP & LIIPFERT, LLC, Beaufort, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Robert A. Long, Jr. , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Hillary G. Meyer , GRIFFITH, SHARP & LIIPFERT, LLC, Beaufort, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Diaz joined. Judge Traxler wrote a dissenting opinion.

Patrick Booker, an inmate of the South Carolina Department of Corrections ("SCDC"), brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that he received a disciplinary charge in retaliation for filing a prison grievance. The district court found that Booker's First Amendment right...

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