Wicks v. Shields.

U.S. District Court

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

Wicks v. Shields, 181 F.Supp.2d 423 (E.D.Pa. 2002). A prisoner sued corrections officials challenging his termination as an employee of a legal clinic, restrictions on his private use of the clinic and restrictions on his mail privileges. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants. The prisoner had asserted that the actions were taken in retaliation for his efforts to report alleged physical abuse of other prisoners. The court found that the actions were not retaliatory. 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, the prisoner was fired from his job in the legal clinic for misusing his position when he sent a large volume of mail to a public defenders association. The restrictions on the prisoner's mail privileges applied only to free mail and did not affect mail that the prisoner paid for himself. After termination from his job in the legal clinic, he was allowed to use the clinic during the times allocated for his cellblock cell·block
n.
A group of cells that make up a section or unit of a prison.

Noun 1. cellblock - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
ward . (State Correctional Institution Noun 1. correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
detention camp, detention home, detention house, house of detention - an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile in Somerset, Pennsylvania Somerset (pronounced [ˈsʌ.mɚ.sɛt]) is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,762 at the 2000 census. )

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Title Annotation:	FREE SPEECH, EXPRESSION, ASSOC.
Publication:	Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U2PA
Date:	May 1, 2002
Words:	170
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