What is the test for whether a prison officer can use a crossbow to shoot and kill an inmate who is exercising his right to freedom of speech?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Rojo v. Paramo, Civil No. 13cv2237 LAB (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2014):

chilled the inmate's exercise of his First Amendment rights, and (5) the action did not reasonably advance a legitimate correctional goal." Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005) (footnote omitted).

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