COX, Circuit Judge:
Sgt. John Sanderson, a prison official at the St. Clair Correctional Facility, appeals the judgment of the district court. The district court held that Sanderson had violated inmate Hardie Sims's Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment and awarded $500 in damages. We reverse.
I. Background1
On August 27, 1990, Sims, an Alabama prison inmate, was serving a twenty-one...
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