STEPHEN MICHAEL STERLING v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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• discounting inmate’s claim as a conclusory allegation of serious injury “unsupported by any physical evidence, medical records, or the corroborating testimony of witnesses”
• “Prison guards may use force when necessary to restore order and need not wait until disturbances reach dangerous proportions before responding.”
• “Decisions made at the scene of a disturbance to restore order are entitled to a degree of deference.”
• “Prison guards may use force when necessary to restore order and need not wait until disturbances reach dangerous proportions before responding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).