prepared by each defendant involved in the incident are consistent with one another. Each correctional officer’s written incident report concludes the amount of force used was necessary and reasonable in light of the situation. There is nothing to suggest force was applied with a sadistic and malicious intent rather than in a legitimate attempt to avoid further conflict. The use of force plus a small amount of pepper spray in this particular context appear to have been appropriate. There is nothing to suggest Defendants used force or pepper spray on Plaintiff for any reason other than to get him to stop struggling. Under such circumstances, the use of force was reasonable and did not amount to a violation of the Eighth Amendment. See Spain v. Procunier, 600 F.2d 189, 195 (9th Cir.1979) (<HOLDING>). Plaintiff has failed to show any genuine
holding that insufficient evidence supported the defendants conviction for possession of cocaine when officers executed a warrant on a small oneroom apartment and found large quantities of crackcocaine in plain view although the defendant supplied police with a false name when they questioned him at the apartment there was no evidence that the defendant had drugs on his person or that he had ever used cocaine holding that the use of tear gas might legitimately be used in small quantities for preventing small disturbances from becoming dangerous to other inmates or prison personnel holding that the sale of drugs in small quantities is inadequate without additional evidence to support a finding of conspiracy to distribute drugs to others because the seller could reasonably believe that such purchases are intended for the buyers personal use holding that where challenged decision is based on experience of prison administrators and where the states interest implicates the safety of other inmates and prison personnel due process is satisfied by informal nonadversary procedures holding that a defendant proves his or her affirmative defense of medical use if inter alia the marijuana was found in an other place open to the public where transportation for medical use might legitimately occur emphasis added