rights issues should be liberally construed. Gordon v. Leeke, 574 F.2d 1147, 1151 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 970, 99 S.Ct. 464, 58 L.Ed.2d 431 (1978). 10 . The Eighth Amendment provides that Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. U.S. Const, amend. VIII. 11 . See also Christiansen v. Clarke, 147 F.3d 655, 657 (8th Cir.1998) (affirming sua sponte dismissal of complaint alleging that the correctional facility deducted $2,790.00 from an inmate’s account to cover costs of incarceration); Mastrian v. Schoen, 725 F.2d 1164, 1166 (8th Cir.1984); Iowa v. Love, 589 N.W.2d 49, 52 (Iowa 1998); Cumbey v. Oklahoma, 699 P.2d 1094, 1094 (Okla.1985). 12 . See, e.g., Reynolds v. Wagner, 128 F.3d 166, 174 (3d Cir.1997) (<HOLDING>); Shapley v. Nevada Bd. of State Prison
holding that the imposition of a true life sentence on two fourteenyearold offenders for committing the crime of rape was violative of the eighth amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment holding that copayment requirements for prison medical services is constitutionally permissible holding that the eighth amendment prohibits the state from inflicting the penalty of death upon a prisoner who is insane holding that prisoner copayment plan was not violative of the eighth amendment holding that charging fees for medical services did not violate the eighth amendment where prisoner did not allege denial of medical care