Talib v. Gilley

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Harum Nassor Talib is a former Texas state prisoner. He appeals the dismissal of his section 1983 civil rights claim as frivolous. Talib argues that the defendants subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights by withholding his meals on approximately fifty occasions over a five-month span while he was confined to his cell during lockdown periods as a result of gang-related violence. Sergeant Gilley, a female prison guard, would not serve Talib these meals in his cell when he refused to kneel down with his hands behind…