With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". to and from the shower” or to his job as a “critical worker” in the program office, from August 19, 2005 through March 13, 2006, he was nevertheless denied a “sufficient source” of exercise for more than 7 months, and that as a result, he suffered “headaches, muscle cramps, leg cramps,” “stress” and depression, for which he required medication. PL’s Opp’n at 16. There is no “bright-line” rule setting forth the amount of time or circumstances under which prisoners may be denied out-of-cell exercise before the deprivation is considered “sufficiently serious” to invoke Eighth Amendment protection. However, the Ninth Circuit has consistently held the “long-term” denial of outdoor exercise may violate the Eighth Amendment. See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1132-33 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (<HOLDING>); Keenan v. Hall, 83 F.3d 1083, 1089 (9th

A: holding 612 week denial sufficient to satisfy the objective component of an eighth amendment violation
B: holding that the gratuitous infliction of wanton and unnecessary pain is a violation of the eighth amendment
C: holding the eighth amendment inapplicable to an award of exemplary damages
D: holding that denial of outofcell exercise for an extended period violates the eighth amendment
A.