Fifth Circuit· 4/15/1998

Talib v. Gilley

Citations

138 F.3d 211
1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 7457
1998 WL 145600

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holding that prisoner has no constitutional claim for inadequate nutrition when he was not served meals after refusing to put hands behind back, noting prisoner “carried the keys to the kitchen cupboard”
concluding that “missing one out of every nine meals is hardly more than that missed by many working citizens over the same period” and therefore not “anything close” to a denial of a minimal measure of life's necessities
noting that denial of one out of every nine meals is not a constitutional violation
stating that an IFP complaint “lacks an arguable basis in law if it is based on an indisputably meritless legal theory”
stating that whether the deprivation of food falls below acceptable threshold of “minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities” depends on the amount and duration of the deprivation
finding that “a policy requiring prisoners on lockdown to kneel facing the wall with their hands behind their backs when served meals” did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment

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Judges: Garwood, Jolly, Higginbotham

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