Benjamin Luttrell v. Julie Nickel

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• holding that inmate housed with psychologically disturbed cellmate did not state Eighth Amendment claim
• holding that inmate housed with psychologically disturbed cellmate did not state Eighth Amendment claim
• finding that a prison sergeant’s laughter at plaintiff’s complaint about his cellmate did not amount to deliberate indifferent
• affirming denial of appointed counsel when inmate “had the assistance of ‘jailhouse lawyers’”
• affirming summary judgment in favor of correctional officer where plaintiff had told her of his cellmate’s “mental behavior” and asked for a new cellmate, and she laughed and told plaintiff it would be ok if the cellmate took his medication
• “Although a good lawyer may have done better than [the plaintiff], that is not the test .... ”

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