The following excerpt is from Thompson v. Growden, No. 2:15-CV-2357-CMK-P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Plaintiff claims that defendants are violating his rights under the Eighth Amendment by providing only one hot meal per day. The Eighth Amendment requires that prisoner receive food that is adequate to maintain health. See LeMaire v. Maass, 12 F.3d 1444 (9th Cir. 1993). Here, plaintiff has not alleged sufficient facts to show an Eighth Amendment violation because, while plaintiff alleges that he is only being provided one hot meal per day, plaintiff has not alleged that this meal is inadequate to maintain his health.
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