We describe the facts in the light most favorable to Hill, drawing all reasonable inferences in his favor. Hill had been convicted of burglary and was being held at the jail while awaiting imposition of his sentence. On December 14, 1983, Paul Schmidt, a jailer, attempted to place Kim Black, a new inmate, into a cell occupied by Hill and others. The inmates objected to sharing their cellblock with Black because they believed he was gay. When Schmidt ordered the inmates to clear their personal belongings from an unoccupied bunk to make room for Black, they refused to do so. Schmidt then decided to move Hill and another inmate, Tim Carpenter, to a disciplinary cell, and he sought Shelander's assistance in moving the two. Schmidt told Shelander that Hill and Carpenter objected to Black's placement in the cellblock, and another jailer told Shelander that the inmates had threatened Black. Shelander went to the cellblock and ordered Hill and Carpenter to step out of the cell. Hill came to the doorway and stopped, questioning why he should have to leave the cell. Shelander responded by grabbing Hill's hair and shoulder, pulling him out of the cell, and slamming his head and back against the metal bars of the cellblock directly across the hall. While Hill was still dazed from this collision, Shelander struck him twice in the face with his fist and kicked him in the groin, until Hill finally grabbed Shelander's wrist to prevent further blows. Hill sustained
injuries to his head, face, and back and still suffers headaches as a result of the beating.