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Estelle Vs. Gamble

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 30, 1976

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  2. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  3. Wilkerson Vs. Utah US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1878
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  4. Martinez Vs. Mancusi US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1972
  5. Cooper Vs. Pate US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1964
  6. Palko Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1937
  7. Haines Vs. Kerner US Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1972
  8. Conley Vs. Gibson US Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1957
  9. U.S. 97 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Estelle v. Gamble
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  10. U.S. 97 (1976) Estelle v. Gamble
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  11. was dismissed for failure to state a claim, we must take as true its handwritten pro se allegations. Cooper v. Pate
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  12. See Robinson v. California
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  13. has been recounted at length in prior opinions of the Court, and need not be repeated here. See, e.g., Gregg v. Georgia
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  14. Amendment by comparing challenged methods of execution to concededly inhuman techniques of punishment. See Wilkerson v. Utah
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  15. cases, however, have held that the Amendment proscribes more than physically barbarous punishments. See, e.g., Gregg v. Georgia
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  16. Weems v. United
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  17. Jackson v. Bishop
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  18. Gregg v. Georgia
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  19. Francis v. Resweber
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  20. of medical care may result in pain and suffering which no one suggests would serve any penological purpose. Cf. Gregg v. Georgia
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  21. is not on that basis alone to be characterized as wanton infliction of unnecessary pain. In Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber
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  22. id. at 329 U. S. 471 , quoting Palko v. Connecticut
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  23. claim. The handwritten pro se document is be liberally construed. As the Court unanimously held in Haines v. Kerner
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  24. Id. at 404 U. S. 520 -521, quoting Conley v. Gibson
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  25. The Amendment also proscribes punishments grossly disproportionate to the severity of the crime, Gregg v. Georgia
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  26. U. S. 367 (1910), and it imposes substantive limits on what can be made criminal and punished, Robinson v. California
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  30. F.2d 151, 158 (CA7), cert. denied sub nom. Thomas v. Cannon
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  41. what is sufficient varies, their results are not inconsistent with the standard of deliberate indifference. See Page v. Sharpe
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  42. Williams v. Vincent
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  45. Newman v. Alabama
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Estelle v. Gamble
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  48. See Wilkerson v. Utah
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  49. Francis v. Resweber
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  50. Cf. Gregg v. Georgia
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