HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Myron K. Wyatt, an inmate at the Lincoln Correctional Center, in Lincoln, Nebraska, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Wyatt asserts that appellee, Damon Delaney, a maintenance worker at the Lincoln Correctional Center, violated his eighth amendment rights by striking him in the mouth and causing a minor injury. After a bench trial, the district court found no eighth amendment violation. We affirm.
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