Barry A. HAZLE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Mitch CROFOOT, Individually and as Parole Officer of the CDCR; Brenda Wilding, Individually and as Unit Supervisor of the CA Dept. of Corrections; Matthew Cate, Individually and as Unit Supervisor of the CA Dept. of Corrections; Scott Kernan, Individually and as Chief Deputy Secretary of Adult Operations of the CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Tim Hoffman, Individually and as Director of the Division of Adult Parole Operations in California; Deputy Jallins, Individually and as Deputy Commissioner; Westcare, A Nevada Non-Profit Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
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Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General; Jonathan L. Wolff , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Vickie P. Whitney (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Mitch Crofoot, Brenda Wilding, Matthew Cate, Scott Kernan, Tim Hoffman, and Richard Jallins.
Mark G. Bonino (argued) and Miya R. Peard , Hayes, Scott, Bonino, Ellingson & McLay LLP, Redwood City, CA; Wayne H. Maire , Maire & Burgess, Redding, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Westcare California, Inc.
Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
In 2007, citing "uncommonly well-settled case law," we held that the First Amendment is violated when the state coerces an individual to attend a religion-based drug or alcohol treatment program. Inouye v. Kemna,504 F.3d 705, 712, 716 (9th Cir. 2007). Plaintiff Barry Hazle is an atheist who, over his numerous objections, was forced as a condition of parole to participate in a residential...
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