Kendrick Green v. Harold Atkinson

PER CURIAM: *

Kendrick D. Green, Texas prisoner # 1041383, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against food service manager Harold Atkinson. Green asserts that the prison system failed to screen food properly for foreign objects and that Atkinson’s deliberate indifference to a known risk violated Green’s right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Green suggests that the prison had a duty to sift the food before preparing it. He further suggests that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is liable because it is responsible for providing safety training to the…