Calhoun v. Hargrove

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• noting that prisoner plaintiff stated Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against defendant based on alleged campaign of harassment by defendant
• noting that this court has long held that “ ‘pro se complaints are held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers’ ”
• finding claim sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss where prison official purportedly knew about a four-hour medical work restriction but forced inmate to work long hours, which raised blood pressure to dangerously high levels
• although claims of verbal abuse are not actionable, case remanded for hearing to determine level of injury sustained
• “[C]laims of verbal abuse are not actionable under § 1983.”
• “[C]laims of verbal abuse are not actionable under 4 claim is frivolous if it lacks an arguable basis in law or in fact. Booker v. Koonce, 2 F.3d 114, 115 (Sth Cir. 1993). 2 Spears v. McCotter, 766 F.2d 179 (5th Cir. 1985

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