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· 1/14/2013

James Stickley v. Karl Byrd

Citations

  • 703 F.3d 421
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 849
  • 2013 WL 141726

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no Fourteenth Amendment violation of pretrial detainee when he was provided with only one roll of toilet paper per week
  • finding under Fourteenth Amendment analysis, limiting access to toilet paper does not violate a clearly established right where inmate exhausted his supply of toilet paper before receiving his weekly allotment, particularly where plaintiff could shower
  • finding ration policy of one roll of toilet paper per inmate per week not a constitutional violation only because the inmate had the opportunity to shower after a bowel movement when he ran out of paper for five days.
  • finding denial of pretrial detainee’s requests for additional toilet paper did not violate constitution because of the limited amount of time he went'without toilet paper and because “[w]hen he did run’ out of toilet paper, he was able to clean himself by taking a shower”
  • no constitutional deprivation where pretrial detainee exhausted his weekly allotment of toilet paper each week before week’s end
  • no constitutional deprivation where pretrial detainee exhausted his weekly allotment of toilet paper each week before week’s end

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Judges: Riley, Wollman, Melloy

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