The draft pattern jury instructions for an Eighth Amendment…

The draft pattern jury instructions for an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim are written as follows: Plaintiffs can recover damages for violations of the Eighth Amendment right to be protected from excessive and unnecessary force while incarcerated in a state prison. Whether a use of force by a prison guard is excessive depends on whether the force was applied in a good-faith effort to maintain or restore discipline, or whether it shocked the conscience. Prison officials are given wide deference in deciding whether the force was necessary to preserve internal order and discipline. For example, officeers have great deference when quelling a prison riot. Plaintiffs can recover if their injury is more than de minimis.  Which section of the jury instructions should be improved to better capture the case law?

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall outside of his mother’s house. H…

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall outside of his mother’s house. Humpty Dumpty had a big fall because he was intoxicated. The paramedic response team employed by the state (all the king’s horses and all the king’s men), tried to tell Humpty to get up off the ground, but Humpty said he felt like something had shattered. They grabbed him by his arms and lifted him off the ground in a way that was so painful that it left him paralyzed from the legs down. A reasonable medically trained paramedic would know that the method the paramedic response team used would cause further harm. What is Humpty’s best claim for recovery, assuming his jurisdiction has permitted the standard stated within the option?