Johnson v. Govern

1 Citing case

  1. Benson v. Piper

    Case No. 17-cv-266 (DWF/TNL) (D. Minn. Jul. 29, 2020)

    Courts have repeatedly held comments like the ones McGowan made to Benson are too vague and non-specific to be actionable. These include threats by prison staff to "ramp[] things up," Evenstad, 994 F. Supp. 2d at 1001 (quotation omitted); make an inmate's "life hell," Hardy, 2018 WL 3559190, at *3 (quotation omitted); "put a case on" an inmate, Johnson v. Govern, No. 2:17-CV-125, 2018 WL 6321548, at *2 (W.D. Mich. Dec. 4, 2018) (quotation omitted); "get" an inmate, Snelling v. Gregory, No. 1:17-CV-P41-GNS, 2017 WL 2602591, at *3 (W.D. Ky. June 14, 2017) (quotation omitted); and have an inmate "regret" proceeding with a grievance, Kyle v. Skipper, No. 1:19-cv-353, 2019 WL 3729384, at *5 (W.D. Mich. Aug. 8, 2019) (quotation omitted); see also Snelling, 2017 WL 2602591, at *3 (listing cases).