The following excerpt is from Arellano v. Sedighi, Case No.: 15-cv-02059-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2018):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment and "embodies broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, and human decency." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 102 (1976) (citation and internal quotations
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