Bolton v. Goord

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that de minimis instances of violence in double cells were insufficient to establish a substantial risk of serious harm
• finding that using the toilet in front of cellmates, “while undoubtedly embarrassing and uncomfortable, does not approach the standard of inhumane conditions that violate the Eighth Amendment”
• finding no substantial risk of harm when trial produced no evidence of inmates with active infection housed in double cells
• “[t]he Eighth Amendment does not guarantee a certain type of ventilation system or a certain rate of air exchange.”
• “New York has not created a liberty interest in single cell housing.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).