Piscottano v. Murphy.U.S. District Court DISCIPLINE FREE SPEECH ASSOCIATION Piscottano v. Murphy, 317 F.Supp.2d 97 (D.Conn. 2004). State corrections officers filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials disciplined them in violation of their First and Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1 Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens rights for associating with a motorcycle group, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club This article is about "American-style" motorcycle clubs (MCs) as a specific cultural phenomenon, not motorcycle riding clubs in the generic sense of the term. A Motorcycle Club . The district court denied the officers' motion for injunctive relief injunctive relief n. a court-ordered act or prohibition against an act or condition which has been requested, and sometimes granted, in a petition to the court for an injunction. , finding that their First Amendment right to freedom of association had not been violated, and that the directive under which the disciplinary actions were taken was not impermissibly im·per·mis·si·ble adj. Not permitted; not permissible: impermissible behavior. im overbroad. The court also held that the officers failed to establish serious questions as to the merits of their claim that the disciplinary actions violated their equal protection rights. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, riding motorcycles, going to parties and bonding with friends did not involve matters of public concern, where the purpose of the officers' association with the gang was entirely social in nature, the gang had a national reputation for violence and crime, and the state had serious problems with gang violence in prisons. (Connecticut Department of Corrections) |
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