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· 12/16/1992

Washington v. Tinsley

Citations

  • 809 F. Supp. 504
  • 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19776
  • 1992 WL 386361

How courts have described this case

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  • comparing discomfort of nicotine withdrawal in prison to disruption in patterns of sex, exercise, drinking and sleeping
  • finding, for Eighth Amendment purposes, pain caused by nicotine withdrawal proportionate to other discomforts suffered by virtue of confinement
  • no constitutionally protected interest in purchasing tobacco in prison

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Judges: Hughes

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