The following excerpt is from Gipbsin v. Deforest, No. 2:07-cv-0157-MCE-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Conduct protected by the First Amendment includes communications that are "part of the grievance process." Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d 1262, 1271 n.4 (9th Cir. 2009).
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