Filed: Patrick Fisher
Filed: Patrick Fisher
MAR 15 2002
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
No. 01-1381
(D.C. No. 00-B-1896)
(D. Colorado)
CAPTAIN KRUSE,
Defendant - Appellee.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
Plaintiff asserted five claims, four of which were dismissed sua sponte by
the district court. Plaintiff asserted in his remaining claim that he was subjected
to cruel and unusual punishment when he was held for four nights and five days
in a stripped basement intake cell in September 1998 with minimal clothing and
bedding, no personal hygiene items, and no cleaning supplies for the cell. He
later moved to add another plaintiff and other defendants, and also moved to
amend his complaint to add an allegation that he could not sleep well while
confined in his basement cell because it was cold.
Defendant moved to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). The magistrate
judge considered plaintiffs claim on the merits, recommending that his motions
be denied and the complaint dismissed. The magistrate judge reasoned that
plaintiff failed to allege or demonstrate, even in his tendered amended complaint,
that he suffered physical injury as a result of his confinement, as required by 42
U.S.C. 1997e(e). The magistrate judge further determined that plaintiffs claim
for punitive damages failed because he did not show that defendants actions were
motivated by evil motive or intent, or involved reckless or callous indifference to
plaintiffs federally protected rights.
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GRANTED . We
remind plaintiff that he is obligated to continue making partial payments until the
entire fee has been paid.
The judgment is AFFIRMED . The mandate shall issue forthwith.
Carlos F. Lucero
Circuit Judge
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