Shelton Ray Thomas v. Samuel A. Lewis

988 F.2d 122 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Shelton Ray THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, et al., Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16066. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 11, 1993. * Decided Feb. 24, 1993. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; No. CV-91-00030-SLV, Stephen L. Verkamp, Magistrate Judge, Presiding. D.Ariz. AFFIRMED. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Arizona state prisoner Shelton Ray Thomas appeals from the entry of summary judgment against him in his pro se § 1983 complaint. Thomas alleged that the defendants, employees and officers of the Arizona Department of Corrections, violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by discriminating against him on the basis of his race, using mace on him and beating him repeatedly without justification, and prolonging his exposure to the mace by denying him water and a…