Gregory A. Smith v. Shawn Straughn, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Center

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• holding that verbal abuse or harassment does not constitute punishment under the Eighth Amendment
• discussing that the Eighth Amendment prohibits conduct by prison officials that involves the “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain”
• explaining that “[n]ot every unpleasant experience a prisoner might endure while incarcerated constitutes cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment”
• explaining that “[n]ot every unpleasant experience a prisoner might endure while incarcerated constitutes cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment”
• finding that “[n]ot every unpleasant experience a prisoner might endure while incarcerated constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment”
• explaining that where party fails to file “timely objections” to report and recommendation, court may accept that recommendation “without expressing any view on the merits of the magistrate’s conclusions”

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