(1998) (noting that the PLRA contains a provision barring “suits for mental or emotional injury unless there is a prior showing of physical injury”). But see Oliver v. Scott, 276 F.3d 736, 747 n. 20 (5th Cir.2002) (noting that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the PLRA’s damage limits in § 1997e(e) only to prisoners’ alleged claims of cruel and unusual punish ment under the Eighth Amendment and has not considered its applicability to constitutional violations usually unaccompanied by physical injury, such as First Amendment retaliation claims, privacy claims, and equal protection claims). Accordingly, Plaintiffs request for monetary damages resulting only from mental and emotional injuries should be denied with prejudice as frivolous. See Herman v. Holiday, 238 F.3d at 666 (<HOLDING>); Harper v. Showers, 174 F.3d at 719 (finding
holding that emotional distress requires a showing of either physical symptoms or mental illness holding that a mental illness limitation limiting the maximum payment for care of mental illness or care of nervous conditions of any type or cause is ambiguous because the plan contains no definition or explanation of the term mental illness  and thus construed against the insurance company does not include physically based illnesses holding that a plaintiff was not entitled to money damages as a matter of law on his claim for mental and emotional stress due to an increased risk of illness cold showers cold food unsanitary dishes insect problems inadequate clothing and the presence of an open cesspool near the housing unit because he did not allege any physical injuries resulting therefrom holding in a fcra case that plaintiffs may not rely on mere  conclusory statements  rather they must  sufficiently articulate  true demonstrable emotional distress  including the factual context in which the emotional distress arose evidence corroborating the testimony of the plaintiff the nexus between the conduct of the defendant and the emotional distress the degree of such mental distress mitigating circumstances if any physical injuries suffered due to the emotional distress medical attention resulting from the emotional duress psychiatric or psychological treatment and the loss of income if any holding that plaintiffs respa claim failed as a matter of law where it did not allege actual damages