McElroy v. Lopac.U.S. Appeals Court FREE SPEECH TERMINATION DISCIPLINE McElroy v. Lopac, 403 F.3d 855 (7th Cir. 2005). An inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. brought a civil rights action against prison officials, alleging that he was fired from his prison job in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. The district court dismissed the case for failure to state a claim Within a judicial forum, the failure to present sufficient facts which, if taken as true, would indicate that any violation of law occurred or that the claimant is entitled to a legal remedy. Failure to state a claim is frequently raised as a defense in civil litigation. , and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The court held that the inmate's inquiries about lay-in pay were a matter of purely individual economic importance and not of public concern, and were not protected by the First Amendment. A corrections officer The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. had announced that the sewing shop in which the inmate worked would be closed in two weeks and the inmate had asked whether inmate workers would receive "lay-in pay" while they were waiting to be transferred to another work assignment. (Illinois) |
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