Vincent Sharnee Johnson v. Alameda County Sheriff's Department Glenn Dyer, Sheriff

892 F.2d 83 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Vincent Sharnee JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; Glenn Dyer, Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-2790. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 14, 1989. * Decided Dec. 13, 1989. Before POOLE, NELSON and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** OVERVIEW 2 Vincent Johnson, an incarcerated pro se, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against the Alameda County Sheriff Glen Dyer and the Alameda County Sheriff's Department. Johnson argued that the sheriff's department's policy of not providing complete root canal treatment to county jail inmates violated the eighth amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. Johnson also argued that the county's failure to provide a complete root canal treatment on his infected tooth violated the eighth amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. Johnson filed a motion…