United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging retaliation for a petition for redress of grievances is vacated and remanded where: 1) plaintiff did not need to allege either factual or legal elements of the case in his complaint; and 2) state law allows for federal review of a prison disciplinary board decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/12/2006
• Published 06/12/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Willie C. Simpson, Sturtevant, WI, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Glinski, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.