VEGA v. U.S.

No. 13-35311.

881 F.3d 1146 (2018)

Juan D. VEGA, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Pioneer Human Services, DBA Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center, AKA Pioneer Industries Inc., a WA Corporation; Heather McIntyre, in her official capacity as Counselor of Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center, and in her individual capacity; Bernadette Mathis, in her official capacity as Counselor of Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center, and in her individual capacity; Kristen Cortez, in her official capacity as Counselor of Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center, and in her individual capacity; Stephanie Jones, in her official capacity as Counselor of Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center, and in her individual capacity; Donald Jackson, in his official capacity as Pioneer Fellowship House Residential Reentry Center Home Confinement Coordinator/Center Discipline Committee Chairperson, and in his individual capacity; William Brown, in his official capacity as Manager of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Corrections Office in Seattle, Washington, and in his individual capacity; Kevin Straight, in his official capacity as employee in the Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Corrections Manager's Office in Seattle, Washington, and in his individual capacity; Oranda Phillips, in her official capacity as employee in the Federal Bureau of Prisons Community Corrections Manager's Office in Seattle, Washington, and in her individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole A. W. Abercrbomie (argued) and Jon W. Monson , Cable Huston LLP, Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Teal Luthy Miller (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Annette L. Hayes , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee United States William Brown, Kevin Straight, and Oranda Phillips.

Robert L. Bowman (argued) and William F. Knowles , Cozen O'Connor, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee Pioneer Human Services.

Before: Richard C. Tallman and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Richard F. Boulware II, District Judge.


OPINION

Juan Vega, Jr. was transferred from federal prison to a Seattle non-profit residential reentry center to complete the remainder of his prison sentence. There, he alleged that federal and private employees conspired to remove him from the halfway house known as Pioneer House, ostensibly based on his race...

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