What is the test for determining whether the use of force by correctional officers in the context of an assault on an inmate violates the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nelson v. Butte Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, No. CIV S-09-2776 EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
violated the Eighth Amendment: (1) the need for the use of force; (2) the relationship between the need for force and the amount used; (3) the extent of injury inflicted; (4) the extent of the threat the officers reasonably perceived the plaintiff to pose to staff and inmate safety; and (5) any efforts made to temper the severity of the forceful response. Whitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312, 321 (1986).
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