Eleventh Circuit· 8/20/2010

Thomas v. Bryant

Citations

614 F.3d 1288
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 17419
2010 WL 3270965

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holding that spraying an inmate with chemical agents when he was unable to comply with orders due to mental illness violated the Constitution
holding that the initial entry of injunctive relief in prison litigation cases is governed by “[t]he PLRA’s need- narrowness-intrusiveness limitation” in § 3626(a)(1)(A
holding that “spraying inmates with chemical agents . . . when [they were] fully secured” and “not presenting a threat of immediate harm” violates the Eighth Amendment
recognizing that the “the FSP Warden's direct authorization of all uses of force and the routine application of the DOC's non-spontaneous use-of-force policy without regard to an inmate's mental health status satisfy § 1983's causation requirement”
holding that the defendants waived any challenge to the district court’s use of a particular legal stand- ard when they raised the challenge for the first time in a motion filed after entry of the bench trial order
holding injunction satisfied § 3626(a) where “the district court borrowed language from the DOC’s current policy”

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Judges: Black, Hull, Anderson

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