Mills v. State of Florida

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• holding that a correctional officer spitting on a prisoner does not 20 violate the Eighth Amendment
• noting that, under Bounds, prison authorities must provide either an adequate law library or adequate assistance to inmates but “need not provide both of these”
• noting defendants waived the argument that they are enti‐ tled to qualified immunity by failing to raise it before the dis‐ trict court
• agreeing with district court’s conclusion that a correctional officer spitting on a prisoner does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation
• noting defendants waived the argument that they are enti‐ tled to qualified immunity by failing to raise it before the dis‐ trict court
• agreeing with the district court’s finding that “a correctional officer spitting upon a prisoner does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation”

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