Cortez Berryhill v. Dora Schriro, George Lombardi, Kelly Lock, Larry Dorsey, Virgil Helton, Ray Bloomer, Ron Walters

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• finding that, where inmate failed to assert that he feared sexual abuse, two brief touches to his buttocks could not be construed as sexual assault
• finding that, where inmate failed to assert that he feared sexual abuse, two brief touches to his buttocks could not be construed as sexual assault
• finding that, where inmate failed to assert that he feared sexual abuse, two brief touches to his buttocks could not be construed as sexual assault
• stating that “sexual or other assaults are not a legitimate part of a prisoner’s punishment, and the substantial physical and emotional harm suffered by a victim of such abuse are compensable injuries”
• holding an inmate’s allegation of “a brief touch to his buttocks last[ing] mere seconds,” during a pat-down search, which was unaccompanied by “sexual comments or banter” did not satisfy objective component of Eighth Amendment claim
• finding two brief 11 (“mere seconds”) touches to the inmate’s buttocks during horseplay did not violate the 12 Eighth Amendment

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