HAMMER

v.

MEACHUM, DIRECTOR OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.

Citator

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  …stitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment. See e.g., Davenport v. DeRobertis, 844 F. 2d 1310 (7th Cir.), cert. denied 488 U.S. 908, 109 S.Ct. 260, 102 L.Ed.2d 248 (1988); Ruiz v. Estelle, 679 F. 2d 1115 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied 460 U.S. 1042, 103 S.Ct. 1438, 75 L.Ed.2d 795 (1983). As She-ley cautions, this constitutional protection forbids the infliction of pain without penological justification, and precludes punishment which “shocks the conscience, offends society’s evolving notions o…
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• Local 28 OF THE Sheet Metal Workers' Int'l Ass'n v. Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n, 478 U.S. 421 (U.S. 1986)
  …ourt orders designed to end their discriminatory membership practices, appointment of an administrator was well within the District Court’s discretion. See Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 53; Ruiz v. Estelle, 679 F. 2d 1115, 1160-1163 (CA5 1982), cert. denied, 460 U. S. 1042 (1983); Gary W. v. Louisiana, 601 F. 2d 240, 244-245 (CA5 1979). While the administrator may substantially interfere with petitioners’ membership operations, such “interference” is necessary to put an end to petitioners’ discriminatory ways. VII…