Linney v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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• finding that two small bruises and minor cuts that did not require medical attention were de minimis
• explaining that the occasion use of racial slurs, “although unprofessional and reprehensible, does not rise to the level of constitutional magnitude”
• affirming dismissal of a Section 1983 claim in which the plaintiff alleged “he received only minor cuts that did not require medical attention”
• two small bruises on shoulder that did not require medical attention were de minimis injuries and not actionable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).