What is the test for a claim under the Eighth Amendment alleging excessive heat, inadequate exercise, and inadequate mental health care?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Nawabi v. Cates, Case No. 1:13-cv-00272-LJO-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2015):

be stated based upon the conditions in isolation or in combination. Id. at 1294. Second, the Eighth Amendment is concerned with the severity and the duration of the conditions to which the inmate is exposed. Id. Third, a prisoner's mere discomfort, without more, does not offend the Eighth Amendment. Id. The appellate court found that the heat the plaintiffs were exposed to was not unconstitutionally excessive. Id. at 1297. Considering the conditions the inmates were exposed to, the inmates did not meet the high bar to state a claim under the Eighth Amendment. Id. at 1298; cf. Gates v. Cook, 376 F.3d 323 (5th Cir. 2004) (affirming injunctive relief for inmates subjected to profound isolation, lack of exercise, stench and filth, malfunctioning plumbing, high temperatures, uncontrolled mosquito and insect infestations, a lack of sufficient mental health care, and exposure to psychotic inmates in adjoining cells which violates the Eighth Amendment).

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