Oliver v. Powell

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• finding that allegations that cell contained roaches, leaky toilets, peeling paint and writing on the wall did not state a claim under the Eighth Amendment
• finding prisoner failed to state an Eighth Amendment claim where he alleged that cell contained roaches, leaky toilets, and peeling paint
• finding prisoner failed to state an Eighth Amendment claim where he alleged that cell contained roaches, leaky toilets, and peeling paint
• opening plaintiff's legal mail outside his presence on two occasion does note establish prison officials made opening legal mail outside the inmate’s presence a pattern or practice and the “plaintiff's claim does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation.”
• prisoner’s allegations that cell contained roaches, leaky toilets, and peeling paint did not state a claim under the Eighth Amendment
• Without “extraordinary circumstances to compensate for a de minimis injury, [a] mere poke in the back fails to” state a claim for excessive force.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).