The following excerpt is from Barrow v. Warden Cal. Med. Facility, CASE No. 1:10-cv-00154-LJO-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment protects prisoners from the use of excessive physical force. Wilkins v. Gaddy, 559 U.S. 34, 36
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