Does providing dental treatment for an inmate constitute an Eighth Amendment violation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Conyers v. San Diego Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, Civil No. 13cv2091 LAB (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
(9th Cir. 1985); Hunt v. Dental Dep't, 865 F.2d 198, 200 (9th Cir. 1989) ("[D]elay in providing a prisoner with dental treatment, standing alone, does not constitute an Eighth Amendment violation.").
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