The following excerpt is from Wheeler v. Aliceson, CASE No. 1:12-cv-00860-LJO-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
To establish a prima facie case, a plaintiff must allege and show that defendants acted to retaliate for his exercise of a protected activity and that defendants' actions did not serve a legitimate penologic purpose. See Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816
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