Opinion ID: 1435290
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Complaint Against Cry

Text: After receiving the denial of his request for an interview, Brodheim filed a separate complaint against Cry. In this complaint, Brodheim alleged that Cry is unprofessional in his dealings with me and repeatedly attempts to infringe upon my 1st Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Specifically, Brodheim noted multiple occasions where Cry had told him he filed too many grievances, like they're soup. As a staff complaint, the first level of review was bypassed, and the complaint was reviewed by Correctional Lieutenant B.C. Roszko, and a decision was signed by defendant Valadez, on behalf of Warden Ramirez-Palmer. As part of this review, Roskzo conducted a personal interview of both Brodheim and Cry. The decision denied Brodheim's appeal, as did a subsequent Director's Level Appeal issued on November 20, 2001. The Director's Level decision served to exhaust Brodheim's administrative remedies. Between the date of the Director's Level Decision in November 2001 and April 18, 2006, Brodheim filed over 60 grievances with the Department of Corrections. This included seven staff complaints, three of which were against Cry (and were all denied).