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Litigation

Nov. 18, 2015

Prison inmate claims retaliation for his complaints about solitary confinement

Pelican Bay State Prison guards retaliated against an inmate after he lodged a complaint and wrote published accounts of his experience, an attorney argued Monday during opening statements of a federal civil rights trial.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Pelican Bay State Prison guards retaliated against an inmate after he lodged a complaint and wrote published accounts of his experience, an attorney argued Monday during opening statements of a federal civil rights trial.

Randall R. Lee, a Los Angeles-based partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, emphasized the grim conditions Jesse Perez endured in solitary con...

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