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. § 1915 A (b) ( 1 ). B ecau se B ri dg ew ater ’ s c l ai m s w ere di sm i ssed pu rsuan t t o S ect i on 191 5A , t h i s court’ s r evi ew i s de no vo . G eiger v. Jow ers , 404 F .3 d3 7 1 , 3 7 3 (5 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ). Aco m p la in t is fr iv o lo u s “if it la c k s a n a r g u a b le b a sis i n fac t orl a w . ” Ber r yv . Br ady , 192 F. 3d 504, 507 ( 5t h C i r . 1999) (i nt er nal q u o ta tion m a rk s o m itted ). T h i s app eali n volves B ri dg ew ater ’ s c l ai m s t h at pri son of f i ci al s w ere del iber at ely i ndi f

fer entt o hi s c l ai m s t hathi s l i fe w as endanger ed f ol l ow i ng a f i gh tw i t h a g an g- af

f i l i ated fel l ow inm ate, a n d that t h i s del iberate i n di f ference r es ul t ed i n physi c alhar m t o hi m . Contr ar y t o Bri dgew at er ’ s a sse r t i ons t hat pri son of

f i ci al s t ot al l y i gn ored t h e dan ger t o hi s li fe , p ri son of f i ci al s m oved B ri dg ew a te r to a n ew hou si n g pod w h ere t h e i n m ate w i t h w h om B ri dg ew ater f ou gh tw as not hou sed. Th ere i s no evi den ce i n t h e reco rd th at th e pri son of f i ci al s w h o cha n ged B ri dg ew ater ’ s h ou si n g assi gn m en t act u al l y i n ferred f rom t h e fact s s t ated by B ri dg ew atert h at B ri d g e w a te r faced a su bstanti alri sk of h arm f rom ot h er gan g m em bers as a resul t of t h e f i gh t . Absen tevi den ce of such an i nfer enc e a nd i n l i ghtof pr i so n of

f i c i al s’at t em ptt o pr ot ec tB r i dgew at erby c h a n g in gh is h o u s in ga s s ig n m e n t, B r id g e w a te r ’ s d e lib e r a te in d iffe r e n c e cla im s w e r e co r r e c tlyd is m is s e da s fr iv o lo u s . S ee Far m e rv . Br e nnan , 511 U
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