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· 11/9/1994

Waymon M. Berry v. William J. Bunnell

Citations

  • 39 F.3d 1056
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8551
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 15818
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 31192
  • 1994 WL 617577

How courts have described this case

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

  • articulating the same standard in the context of a directed verdict
  • “[T]he Eighth Amendment does not apply unless prisoners are compelled to perform physical labor which is beyond their strength, endangers their lives or health, or causes undue pain.”
  • minor delays with no harm do not constitute deliberate indifference
  • “minor delay” of two hours before a prisoner was taken to the medical clinic and 5 prescribed antibiotics after he first noticed blood in his urine was not evidence of deliberate 6 indifference where prisoner was unable to show the delay caused any harm
  • judgment as a matter of law

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Judges: Wright, Beezer, Fernandez

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