Whitley v. Albers

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-03-04

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Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to decide what standard governs a prison inmate’s claim that prison officials subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment by shooting him during the course of their attempt to quell a prison riot. I — I At the time he was injured, respondent Gerald Albers was confined in cellblock “A” of the Oregon State Peni…

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