Can a pretrial detainee be held in solitary confinement that violates his constitutional right to exercise excessive force?

A pretrial detainee not be subjected to restrictions and/or conditions of confinement that violate an express constitutional guarantee, or that amount to "punishment" under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 535-37 (1979) (citations omitted); Pierce v. County of Orange, 526 F.3d 1190, 1205 (9th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 555 U.S. 1031 (2008). For an excessive force claim in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, a pretrial detainee must show that (1) the defendant purposely and knowingly used

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