Tafari v. McCarthy

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that throwing “urine and feces” on plaintiff, “while certainly repulsive, is not sufficiently severe to be considered repugnant to the conscience of mankind” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that the correctional facility had a “legitimate penological interest in protecting both guards and inmates by keeping the lights constantly illuminated,” as guards conducted rounds every thirty minutes
• concluding that the correctional facility had a “legitimate penological interest in protecting both guards and inmates by keeping the lights constantly illuminated,” as guards conducted rounds every thirty minutes
• dismissing an excessive force claim because “[a]bsent physical injury, verbal threats and abuse are insufficient to support a constitutional violation”
• collecting cases in which claims of mail tampering did not constitute an adverse action, noting in particular that the plaintiff had alleged only a single instance of mail interference
• “Courts in this circuit have held that claims of mail tampering do not constitute adverse action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).