Larry Hope v. Mark Pelzer, Gene McClaran

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this ease, we decide whether an inmate’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when prison guards handcuffed him to a hitching post on two occasions, one of which lasted for seven hours without regular water or bath room breaks. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant prison guards because they were entitled to qualified immunity. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-Appellant Larry Hope was an inmate at Limestone Correctional Facility (“Limestone”) in 1995, where he was assigned to the chain gang. On two occasions, Hope was transported…