Opinion
4:23-CV-00823-BSM-PSH
02-15-2024
JAKE LYNN NORWOOD ADC #554009 PLAINTIFF v. DEXTER PAYNE, et al. DEFENDANTS
ORDER
Having reviewed the record de novo, Magistrate Judge Patricia S. Harris's partial recommended disposition [Doc. No. 12] is rejected as to Jake Norwood's retaliation claim against Ricky Williamson and adopted with respect to Norwood's remaining claims. Norwood's retaliation and sexual harassment/assault claims against Williamson are therefore permitted to proceed and his remaining claims are dismissed. This is true because Norwood has sufficiently alleged that, after he reported that Williamson sexually harassed him, Williamson falsely claimed that Norwood violated work-release rules, which resulted in Norwood receiving a major disciplinary. Am. Compl. ¶¶ 7-10; see Dixon v. Brown, 38 F.3d 379, 379 (8th Cir. 1994) (filing a false disciplinary is actionable when done in retaliation for an inmate's filing of a grievance).
IT IS SO ORDERED