Kenneth Gaston v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III Donald Selsky Lt. Grant Lebaron, Lt. Hans Walker Frank Irvin Edward Dann John Doe, Confidential Informant

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• holding that confidential information that inmate had prepared directions for mess hall slowdown on a piece of paper and passed it out to other inmates constituted the “some evidence” required by due process
• holding that an allegation that defendants made “daily rounds” and were “directly responsible” for plaintiff’s conditions was sufficient to deny a motion to dismiss
• holding that a prisoner’s exposure to “temperatures near or well below freezing for a five-month period” stated an Eighth Amendment claim
• holding that exposure to temperatures “near or well below freezing for a five-month period” stated an Eighth Amendment claim
• holding that summary judgment for defendants was precluded where prisoner was subjected to temperatures near or well below freezing in his cell for a five-month period
• concluding that the allegation that prison guards “made daily rounds of SHU” was enough to plead that the defendants had actual knowledge of the inhumane conditions

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