Francisco Franco v. Walter Kelly, Lt. Moscicki and Officer Higley

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1988-07-25

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MESKILL, Circuit Judge: In this appeal, we must decide whether an allegation that state prison officials intentionally filed false disciplinary charges against an inmate, in retaliation for the prisoner’s exercise of a constitutional right, states a cause of action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) that can withstand a motion for summ…

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