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O  @@DDZOE_LABOY_Ԅ_ALVARADO_,AdministratorofCorrectionofthe K  CommonwealthofPuertoRico;ALFREDOMURPHYRIVERA,_Bayam;n_ ! RegionalDirectorfortheAdministrationofCorrection;  WILSONMORALES,_Bayam;n_ԀRegionalDirectorofSecurityforthe } AdministrationofCorrection;CARLOSRODRIGUEZDELGADO,Complex S Directorofthe_Bayam;n_ԀCorrectionalComplex;_PORFIRIO_ԀGREEN )y SANTIAGO,DirectorofSecurityatthe_Bayam;n_ԀCorrectional O Complex;RAFAELLOPEZ_CINTRON_,Warden/Superintendentatthe % _Bayam;n_ԀCorrectionalInstitution;LieutenantJOSEA.RODRIGUEZ  DELEON,Warden/Superintendentatthe_Bayam;n_ԀCorrectional  Institution;Lieutenant_ELIEZER_ԀSANTIAGO,CommanderoftheGuards W atthe_Bayam;n_ԀCorrectionalInstitution;JOHNDOE01CV1361, -} CommanderoftheDisturbanceControlUnit;RICHARDROES1THROUGH S 401CV1361,Supervisorsatthe_Bayam;n_ԀCorrectionalInstitution; ) WILLIAMWOE01CV1361,CorrectionalOfficerand/orCadetemployed  bytheAdministrationofCorrection,  @@Defendants,Appellees. 1   A') ` dE<!` A !-"   @@ONAPPEALFROMTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT "$ FORTHEDISTRICTOFPUERTORICO #% [Hon.Carmen_Consuelo_Ԁ_Cerezo_,U.S.DistrictJudge] n$&  A') ` dE<&` A &j!( @'Before &O"*   @@((Boudin,ChiefJudge,and (#, LynchandHoward,CircuitJudges. )$- A') ` dE<,+` A -+}&/     0   (#(#  -)3?    0 `  _Jos_ԀR._Olmo_Ԅ_Rodrquez_fortheAppellant.` (#` (#  XRobertoJ._Snchez_ԀRamos,SolicitorGeneral,withwhomVanessa \ LugoFlores,DeputySolicitorGeneral,andIreneS._Sorceta_Ԅ_Kodesh_, 2 AssistantSolicitorGeneral,wereonbrieffortheAppellees. X  X*'ddd Xdd Xdd X(#(#,( dd ,( dd ,( dd +      SI > `Y@37579`Y@SNovember20,2002     RHC  " `Y@37579 `Y@ R( >   (  * !   L  _    8]XXdd8*,X` XX* ` LYNCH,CircuitJudge .InMarch2000,VictorTorresViera  wasincarceratedattheBayam;nCorrectionalInstitution,inthe x Bayam;nregionofPuertoRico.Hesufferedseriousinjurywhile $t therefrombeinghitbyateargascannisterfiredbyaprison   officialduringadisturbance. Oneyearlater,afterhisrelease, |  TorresVierabroughta42U.S.C.1983(2000)claimfordamages ( x  againstprisonofficials,allegingviolationofhisrightsunder $  theEighthAmendment.Thedistrictcourtjudgeruledinfavorof   theprisonofficialsonamotiontodismissforfailuretostatea ,|  claim.Fed.R.Civ.P.12(b)(6).TorresVieraappeals.We ( affirm.    I. 0  ` Ourreviewofadistrictcourt'sdismissalofacomplaint , forfailuretostateaclaimY #  1      ׀underFed.R.Civ.P.12(b)(6)isde  novo.Chutev.Walker,281F.3d314,318(1stCir.2002).We 4 acceptastrueallwellpleadedfactsallegedbytheplaintiffin 0 hiscomplaint,drawinginhisfavorallreasonableinferences    fittinghisstatedtheoryofliability.Calder;nOrtizv.Laboy 8!" Alvarado,300F.3d60,63(1stCir.2002);Roganv.Menino,175  F.3d75,77(1stCir.1999). \   ` ThefactsasdescribedinTorresViera'scomplaint X follow.OnoraboutMarch28,2000,intheearlyafternoon,   severaldozenprisonofficialscarriedoutageneralsearchatthe `  Bayam;nCorrectionalInstitution. Duringthatsearch,manyinmates  \  weretakentoaroom,formerlyusedasacafeteria,wheretheywere   lockedinwhilethesearchcontinued.Analtercationsubsequently d  brokeoutbetweeninmatesandofficials.Inresponse,prison `  guardsbeganfiringteargasindiscriminatelyatinmates,both   thosewhowereparticipatinginthealtercationandthosewhowere h not.Guardsopenedthedoortotheformercafeteriawhereinmates d werebeingheld.Oneofficerfiredateargascannisterdirectly  intotheroomandintothebackofTorresViera'shead. Torres l Vierawasknockedtotheground,stunned,andbeganbleeding h profuselyfromhiswound,whichlaterrequiredeightstitches.  Sincetheincident,TorresVierahassufferedfromheadachesand p  discomfort.  !l"   II. "$ F  ` TheEighthAmendmentprohibitscruelandunusual t$& punishmentofprisoners.Farmerv.Brennan,511U.S.825,832  &p!( (1994).TheSupremeCourthasestablishedastandardofdeliberate '#* indifferenceforassessingwhetheraconstitutionalclaimis x)$, assertedthatprisonofficialshaveasufficientlyculpablestate $+t&. ofmindintoleratingthreatstoinmatehealthorsafety.Id.at  834. \  ` Thestandardisverydifferent,however,whencourts X evaluatethebehaviorofprisonofficialsduringriotsorother   disturbances.TheSupremeCourthasheldthatadeliberate `  indifferencestandarddoesnotapplyinthesesituations.Whitley  \  v.Albers,475U.S.312,320(1986).Instead,thestandardis   whetherunnecessaryandwantonpainandsufferingwereinflicted, d  withthatquestionultimatelyturningon"whetherforcewasapplied `  inagoodfaithefforttomaintainorrestoredisciplineor   maliciouslyandsadisticallyfortheverypurposeofcausingharm." h Id.at32021(quotingJohnsonv.Glick,481F.2d1028,1033(2d d Cir.1972)).Centraltoourinquiryisthedirectivethat:  0 ` Itisobduracyandwantonness,notinadvertenceorerror l ingoodfaith,thatcharacterizetheconductprohibited B bytheCruelandUnusualPunishmentsClause....The h inflictionofpaininthecourseofaprisonsecurity > measure,therefore,doesnotamounttocruelandunusual  punishmentsimplybecauseitmayappearinretrospect  thatthedegreeofforceauthorizedorappliedfor p  securitypurposeswasunreasonable,andhenceunnecessary F ! inthestrictsense.f&!l"` (#` (# Id.at319. "$  ` "[A]courtmaydismissacomplaintonlyifitisclear t$& thatnoreliefcouldbegrantedunderanysetoffactsthatcould  &p!( beprovedconsistentwiththeallegations."Swierkiewiczv.Sorema '#* N.A.,534U.S.506,514(2002)(quotingHishonv.King&Spalding, x)$, 467U.S.69,73(1984)).Butevenworkingwithinthisgenerous $+t&. framework,TorresViera'scomplaintfallsshort.Thefacts  consistentwiththepleadingsinthecomplaintarethattherewas \ ageneralprisondisturbanceandofficialsrespondedwithteargas, X includingintheroomwhereplaintiffwasheld,andthathewas   injuredbyateargascannister.Nothinghasbeenpledinthe `  complaintwhichpermitsareasonableinferencetobedrawnthatthe  \  teargascannisterwasfiredmaliciouslyorsadisticallyforthe   verypurposeofcausingharm.Whileplaintiffsarenotheldto d  higherpleadingstandardsin1983actions,Leathermanv.Tarrant `  CountyNarcoticsIntelligence&CoordinationUnit,507U.S.163,   16769(1993),theymustpleadenoughforanecessaryinferenceto h bereasonablydrawn. d  ` Tobesure,excessiveuseofteargasbyprisonofficials  canamounttoanEighthAmendmentviolation.See,e.g.,Sotov. l Dickey,744F.2d1260,1270(7thCir.1984).SeegenerallySpain h v.Procunier,600F.2d189,19596(9thCir.1979)(listingcases  "condemn[ing]theuseofteargasinparticularcircumstancesas p  violativeoftheEighthAmendmentorofdueprocessorboth."). !l" Here,however,theallegationsconcerningthecontextinwhichthe "$ gaswasusedestablishthatprisonofficialswererespondingtoa t$& securitydisturbance.Thismeansthatplaintiffmustmeetavery  &p!( highstandardinordertoshowthatprisonofficialsareculpable. '#* See1M.B.Mushlin,RightsofPrisoners2.05at64(2ded.2001). x)$, Prisonofficialsaregiven"widerangingdeference"intheir $+t&. measurestorestoreorderduringdisturbances.Whitley,475U.S.  at32122.Absentsomefactsfromwhichareasonableinferencecan \ bedrawntomeetthatstandard,thecomplaintfailstostatea X claim.    ` TorresVieraoriginallybroughtclaimsofsupervisory `  liabilityagainstprisonofficialsaswell,butfailedtoargue  \  themonappeal. Regardless,hisfailuretostateanyEighth   Amendmentclaimwhatsoeverdoomshissupervisoryclaim.Burrellv. d  HampshireCounty,307F.3d1,2002WL31218304at*7*8(Oct.4, `  2002,1stCir.).    ` Forthesereasons,thejudgmentofthedistrictcourtis h  affirmed.  d