Is a prisoner entitled to a right not to become an informant if asked to do so in the presence of other inmates?
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The following excerpt is from Willey v. Kirkpatrick, Docket No. 13-699 (2nd Cir. 2015):
562100, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. July 30, 1999) (holding that the plaintiff's "claimed conducthis refusal to snitch when asked in the presence of other inmatesis protected"), aff'd on other grounds sub nom. Allah v. Juchenwioz, 176 F. App'x 187, 189 (2d Cir. 2006) (declining to reach question of whether "a prisoner enjoys a constitutional right not to become an informant").
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