What is the test for a violation of the Eighth Amendment when there are not enough "necessities" to constitute an Eighth Amendment violation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Peterson, CASE NO. 1:09-cv-02020-OWW-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2010):
necessities, ' are sufficiently grave to form the basis of an Eighth Amendment violation." Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 298 (1991) (internal citation omitted).
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