Is there any case law where a prison officer makes threats against a prisoner that violate the Fourteenth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Kernan, CASE No. 1:17-cv-00173-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Plaintiff appears to allege that the threats made to him by unidentified officers at an undisclosed prison constitute arbitrary actions that violate the Fourteenth Amendment. However, threats do not rise to the level of a constitutional violation. Gaut v. Sunn, 810 F.2d 923, 925 (9th Cir. 1987).
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