Can a prison officer be held liable under the Eighth Amendment for failing to provide exercise for long periods of time?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Brown v. Hill, No. 2:14-cv-0452-MCE-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2015):

503 U.S. 1, 9 (1992). Lack of outdoor exercise for extended periods of time can be sufficiently serious to amount to a deprivation of the "minimal civilized measure of life's necessities." LeMaire v. Maass, 12 F.3d 1444, 1457 (9th Cir. 1993).

Negligence does not amount to a violation of a federal constitutional or statutory right. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 (1994) ("[A] prison official cannot be found liable under the Eighth Amendment . . . unless the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety[.]"); see also id. at 835 ("[D]eliberate indifference describes a state of mind more blameworthy than negligence.").

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