With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". [a] grievance ... opened him up to assault from his fellow inmates”); Carl v. Griffin, No. 08 Civ. 4981, 2011 WL 723553, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2011) (“Defendants’ alleged ‘threats’ and/or ‘harassment’ of Plaintiff were also insufficiently direct or specific to deter an ordinary inmate from exercising his first amendment rights.”); Mateo, 682 F.Supp.2d at 434 (dismissing retaliation claim based on threats that plaintiff “should ‘wait till he put his hands on me,’ and that ‘one day he and I will party’ ”) (internal citation omitted). In fact, this Court has granted summary judgment with respect to a retaliation claim based on a threat nearly identical to Titka’s alleged threat to “get” Barrington. See Bartley v. Collins, 2006 WL 1289256, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. May 10, 2006) (Holwell, J.) (<HOLDING>). Accord Bilal v. New York State Dept. of

A: holding that if you do not qualify under the hup test you never get to the statute
B: holding that verbal threats such as we going to get you you better drop the suit do not rise to the level of adverse action
C: holding that verbal threats if they are specific can constitute adverse action for retaliation purposes
D: holding do you think i need a lawyer to be ambiguous
B.