The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Swinney, 996 F.2d 1225 (9th Cir. 1993):
2 Wilson v. Seiter, rejected a "short-term/long-term distinction" in evaluating eighth amendment claims. 111 S.Ct. at 2325. Here, however, length of stay would be a determinative factor in finding whether the deprivations were "sufficiently serious" to amount to a constitutional violation.
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