Legal Developments
Author: Margaret R. Moreland, JD, MSLS.
Source: Volume 14, Number 03, March/April 2013 , pp.33-36(4)
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Abstract:
An action is brought by a Texas inmate claiming his age, high blood pressure and extremely high temperatures amounted to a violation of the Eighth Amendment. An inmate claims wanton and unnecessary infliction of pain when he is kept naked and restrained while awaiting the keys to pass through his system.Keywords: Farmer v. Brennan , 511 U.S. 825, Blackmon v. Garza , 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 15711, Gruenberg v. Gempler , 697 F.3d 573
Affiliations:
1: Pace University School of Law Library.