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· 10/14/1988

Tracy Ray Vaughan v. James D. Ricketts

Citations

  • 859 F.2d 736
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 14088
  • 1988 WL 105740

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  • concluding digital cavity searches were “conducted in a brutal fashion,” where extent of possible injury was great, and at least one inmate suffered significant injury
  • finding that a prison administrator’s indifference to brutal behavior of guards towards inmates is sufficient to state an Eight Amendment claim
  • finding that a prison administrator’s indifference to brutal behavior of guards towards inmates is sufficient to state an Eight Amendment claim
  • finding that prison administrator’s indifference to brutal behavior of guards towards inmates is sufficient to state an Eight Amendment claim
  • finding that a prison administrator’s indifference to brutal behavior of guards towards inmates is sufficient to state an Eight Amendment claim
  • \[P]rison administrators' indifference to brutal behavior by guards toward inmates [is] sufficient to state an eighth amendment claim.\

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Judges: Hug, Boochever, Stephens

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