What is the test for dismissing a claim under the Fourteenth Amendment?

On April 2, 2018, defendants requested the district court judge assigned to this case explicitly dismiss a claim plaintiff identifies in his complaint arising under the Fourteenth Amendment. In the complaint, plaintiff essentially complains that defendants caused him to be housed under conditions presenting a substantial risk of serious harm. The facts alleged amount to a claim under the Eighth Amendment. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 828 (1994). This being the case, plaintiff's "claim must be analyzed under the standard appropriate to that

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