Smith v. Mensinger

How courts have described this case

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• holding that correctional officer who ignored a realistic opportunity to intervene in another officer’s use of excessive force is liable under the Eighth Amendment
• holding that seven months in disciplinary segregation is insufficient to trigger a due process violation
• concluding that seven months in disciplinary confinement alone did not violate a prisoner’s liberty interest
• concluding that seven months in disciplinary confinement alone did not violate a prisoner's liberty interest
• concluding that seven months in disciplinary confinement alone did not violate a prisoner’s liberty interest
• concluding that an inmate-plaintiff’s allegation that a false disciplinary report resulted in his placement in disciplinary confinement for seven (7) months was not sufficient to constitute a due process violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).