· 2/22/2018
WINSTON DENNARD PINTO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that proof of an Eighth Amendment violation differs based on the type of violation alleged
- “[Our previous] holding that ‘severe or repetitive sexual abuse of a prisoner by a prison official can violate the Eighth Amendment,’ remains good law.”
- “[A] lack of serious injury, while not dispositive, is relevant to the inquiry.”
- allegations may not be disregarded where they are not “blatantly contradicted”
- collecting cases from Second, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits
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