RIPPLE, Circuit Judge:
On March 9, 2010, Terrance Bowen was beaten to death by his cellmate, Carl Merkerson, at Baldwin State Prison in Milledgeville, Georgia. The administrator of Mr. Bowen's estate brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Mr. Bowen's Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was...
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