Pack v. Artuz.

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U.S. District Court

ASBESTOS

Pack v. Artuz, 348 F.Supp.2d 63 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). A state prisoner brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging failure to protect him from exposure to potentially dangerous levels of asbestos. The district court held that there was no evidence that the prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights were violated, absent evidence that the level of exposure posed an unreasonable risk of serious damage to his immediate or future health. According to the court, there was no evidence of either the intensity or...