1. Can a prison confidential informant be described in all fairness as a state actor for retaliation when it resulted from the exercise of a right or privilege having its source in state authority; with "the overt, significant assistance of state officials"; and involves the traditional government function of prison management?

2. Should a transcript be provided to an In Forma Pauperis appellant on appeal who has won his case in the district court and raises substantial questions of state action which is a "necessarily fact-bound inquiry" and Rule 50 sufficiency of evidence assignment of errors?

Can a prison confidential informant be described as a state actor for retaliation