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HOPE v. PELZER

No. 00-12150

240 F.3d 975 (2001)

Larry HOPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark PELZER, Gene McClaran, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

DECIDED February 2, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Thomas Jones, Craig T. Jones, PC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kim Tobias Thomas, Andrew Weldon Redd, Ellen R. Leonard, Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and VINING, District Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we decide whether an inmate's Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when prison guards handcuffed him to a hitching post on two occasions, one of which lasted for seven hours without regular water or bathroom breaks. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant prison guards because they were entitled to qualified immunity. We AFFIRM.

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