Douglas Edward Green v. Cso Strack, a Prison Guard AKA Cso Stratt

57 F.3d 1077 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Douglas Edward GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CSO STRACK, a Prison Guard aka CSO Stratt, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-17214. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 6, 1995. * Decided June 8, 1995. Before: O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Douglas E. Green, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment on his Eighth Amendment claims brought under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 . In his verified complaint, Green alleged that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by having been deprived of sleep and having been the target of racial epithets. Specifically, Green stated that on several occasions, beginning approximately September 1, 1992, Joseph Strack, a prison guard, banged on the steel door of his prison cell during the early morning hours, shone his flashlight into Green's eyes, and used racial…