ROBINSON

v.

ALABAMA

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Vaccaro, 816 F.2d 443 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …y of witnesses Durham, Coots, Revering, and Reel. The credibility of witnesses and the weight accorded the evidence are questions for the jury that are not reviewable. United States v. Burns, 701 F. 2d 840, 842 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1137, 103 S.Ct. 3123, 77 L.Ed.2d 1375 (1983). The testimony of these witnesses is not incredible merely because the witnesses participated in the alleged crimes. See United States v. Casanova, 642 F. 2d 300, 301 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 454…
• Peterkin v. Jeffes, 855 F.2d 1021 (3d Cir. 1988)
  …65 U.S. 1102, 104 S.Ct. 1600, 80 L.Ed.2d 130 (1984); Gibson v. Lynch, 652 F. 2d 348, 352 (3d Cir.1981) (“none of the[ ] conditions, either singly or in combination, approached constitutional inadequacy”), cert. denied, sub nom. Stanley v. Zimmerman, 462 U.S. 1137, 103 S.Ct. 3123, 77 L.Ed.2d 1375 (1983); accord Hassine v. Jeffes, 846 F. 2d 169 (3d Cir.1988).6 We [*1025] agree with the district court that the objective factors which a court must examine in prison conditions cases include “basic human needs suc…
• Hassine v. Jeffes, 846 F.2d 169 (3d Cir. 1988)
  …e free from the “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.” Id; accord Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347, 101 S.Ct. 2392, 2399, 69 L.Ed.2d 59 (1981); Gibson v. Lynch, 652 F. 2d 348, 352 (3d Cir.1981), cert. denied, sub nom. Stanley v. Zimmerman, 462 U.S. 1137, 103 S.Ct. 3123, 77 L.Ed.2d 1375 (1983); cf. Benson v. Cady, 761 F. 2d 335, 339 (7th Cir.1985) (“[t]he eighth amendment duty articulated in Estelle has not been limited to elementary services necessary to protect inmates’ health. The state also has…