Legal Opinion
Cleolis Hunt v. Dental Department
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1989No. 87-2661PublishedCited by 515 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Cleolis Hunt, appearing pro se, appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in Hunt’s action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hunt sued Samuel Lewis, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, the Dental Department of the Arizona State Prison at Florence (the “prison”), and three prison employees: Ted Jolly, medical administrator at the prison; Dr. A. Schaffer, a prison dentist; and an unnamed certified medical assistant (CMA). Hunt claimed that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious dental…
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