Does a prisoner have a First Amendment right to speak out in a civil rights case?
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The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Clays, No. 2:11-cv-2881 TLN DAD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Rhodes, 408 F.3d at 567-68. See also Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 F.3d 1090, 1104 (9th Cir. 2011) (prisoners retain First Amendment rights not inconsistent with their prisoner status or penological objectives, including the right to file inmate appeals and the right to pursue civil rights litigation).
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