Does a plaintiff have an arguable claim for cruel and unusual punishment against a prison that has a slippery floor?
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The following excerpt is from Miranda v. Madden, Case No.: 3:19-cv-01605-LAB-RBM (S.D. Cal. 2021):
California district courts have held that conditions such as slippery floors, without more, "do not state . . . an arguable claim for cruel and unusual punishment." Jackson v. State of Ariz., 885 F.2d 639, 641 (9th Cir. 1989), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in Lopez, 203 F.3d at 1130-31. Even in cases involving hazardous conditions coupled with a prison staff's knowledge and/or failure to repair such condition, to impose
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