Show v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the alleged force--“pushing [the plaintiff] against the wall”--was “de minimis and thus not protected by the Eighth Amendment”
• concluding that the alleged force—“pushing [the plaintiff] against the wall”—was “de minimis and thus not protected by the Eighth Amendment”
• \laughing” and \name-calling” by correctional officers during strip search was de minimus psychological harm
• denying summary judgment to defendants on free exercise claim challenging group strip search of Muslim inmate in part because “approximately fifteen guards were present when the inmates were ordered to remove their clothes.”
• rejecting Eighth Amendment claim where guards laughed and name-called during a strip search

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).