Ronald D. Lunsford, Jr., Hazen E. Upham, and David Gary v. Timothy Bennett, Donald Jarrett, Laura Perry

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• holding that “music and loud talking” broadcast over prison intercom throughout 24‐hour period did not “offend contemporary standards of decency”
• pouring a bucket of water on prisoner and causing the bucket to hit him in the head characterized as de minimis
• pouring a bucket of water on prisoner and causing the bucket to hit him in the head characterized as de minimis
• complaint of a few hours of periodic loud noises insufficient to state Eighth Amendment claim
• a few hours of periodic loud noise did not pose a serious risk of injury
• the Eighth Amendment only protects prisoners from conditions that “exceed contemporary bounds of decency of a mature, civilized society.”

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