The following excerpt is from Fields v. Roberts, NO. 1:06-cv-00407 -AWI-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2010):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment and "embodies 'broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, humanity and decency.'" Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 102 (1976). A prison official violates the Eighth Amendment only when two requirements are met: (1) the objective requirement that the deprivation is
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