WOOD v. YORDY

No. 12-35336.

753 F.3d 899 (2014)

Lance Conway WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Keith YORDY, Ex-Deputy Warden at Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI); Steve Nelson, Ex-Deputy Warden at ISCI; Jay Christensen, Deputy Warden at ISCI; Eric MacEachern, Deputy Warden at Idaho Correctional Institution of Orofino (ICIO); Todd Martin, Deputy Warden of ICIO; Bill Finely, Sergeant of ISCI; Sandra Martin, Ex-Correctional Officer CIO of ICIO; LaWanda Thomason, Ex-Lieutenant at ICIO; Mike Ludlow, c/o at ISCI; Leslie Petersen, Coordinator at ISCI, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Postman (argued) and Shay Dvoretzky , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael J. Elia (argued) and Brady J. Hall , Moore & Elia, LLP, Boise, Idaho, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SCHROEDER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Lance Wood is an Idaho state prisoner with an apparent penchant for romantic (but, as all parties stress, not sexual) relationships with prison guards. When prison authorities found that he was utilizing chapel facilities for such purposes, they curtailed his opportunities for chapel access. He filed this action against individual prison officials under the...

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