Opinion ID: 2521544
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Heading: slang dictionary

Text: Addleman argues that the ISRB inappropriately relied upon a slang dictionary he was developing. He claims that the denial of parole was retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. Addleman is correct that the State may not retaliate against him on the basis of exercising his free speech rights. Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 283-84, 97 S.Ct. 568, 50 L.Ed.2d 471 (1977); Addleman II, 139 Wash.2d at 752-53, 991 P.2d 1123. However, he is not the first prisoner to claim retaliation based on the exercise of free speech, and there is a well established jurisprudence for analyzing such claims. Addleman must demonstrate that the ISRB's action was in fact retaliatory and that the alleged retaliatory action advanced no legitimate penological goals. Hargis v. Foster, 312 F.3d 404, 409 (9th Cir.2002); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 814-16 (9th Cir.1994) (citing Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 532 (9th Cir.1985)). Addleman does not attempt to meet this standard. Instead, he argues that the standard applied in Addleman II to a right of access to the courts should apply instead. Under this proposed standard, he would merely need to show that he engaged in protected conduct, that an adverse action was taken against the plaintiff that would deter a person of ordinary firmness from continuing to engage in that conduct, and that there was a causal connection between the two. Thaddeus-X v. Blatter, 175 F.3d 378, 394 (6th Cir.1999), cited with approval in Addleman II, 139 Wash.2d at 754, 991 P.2d 1123. However, this takes Addleman II far from the issue we were considering. In that case, this court considered the ISRB's denial of parole on the (partial) basis of Addleman's vigorous use of the judicial system. Cf. Addleman II, 139 Wash.2d at 755, 991 P.2d 1123. Over the past decades, precise tests for evaluating free speech challenges in the prison context have been developed and are regularly applied. Addleman has not met his initial burden of arguing under established jurisprudence that the consideration of his slang dictionary is impermissible.