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FUQUA v. RAAK

No. 21-15492.

120 F.4th 1346 (2024)

Michael Ray FUQUA, aka Michael Fuqua, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAAK, Psychologist; D. Webster, Ph.D.; Higuera; Jones; Suckle, Captain; Troman, Co III; Mooney, D.W.; Golder, ADW; Shaw, Ph.D.; Swirsky, Captain; Hudson, Co III; HORN, Lt.; Metzler, Co IV; Russle, Co III; McGee, Ph.D.; Kraatz, ADW; Oshita, Lt.; Swayne, Co III; Charles L. Ryan; Baker, Captain; Van Der Noord, Sgt.; Luft, Sgt.; HALL, Sgt.; Grimes, Sgt.; Gonzelez, Sgt.; D. Labar, Afha; K. Rodgers, FHA; Loren, Sgt.; Oshita, Co IV; Kirkoff, D.W.; C. Catrell, D.W.; Mova, Co II; Gant, Co III; McChesney, Co IV; Roxanne Hill, D.W.; Coca, Co III; J. Lind, Chaplain; MacLarens, Chaplain; Kingsland, Sr. Chaplain; Thomas, Chaplain; Pucket, Lt.; Baker, Sgt.; Rode, Deputy Warden, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 1, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daren G. Zhang (argued), Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rebecca A. Banes (argued), Patrick J. Boyle, and William M. Horne, Assistant Attorneys General; Mark Brnovich, Former Arizona Attorney General; Kristin K. Mayes, Arizona Attorney General; Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees.

Adeel A. Mangi, Jacob I. Chefitz, and Bharath Palle, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae 24 Religious Organizations.

Noel J. Francisco and Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington D.C.; Kelly C. Holt, Jones Day, New York, New York; Eric C. Rassbach, The Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation, Religious Liberty Clinic, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Malibu, California; for Amicus Curiae Byron Johnson.

Before: Daniel P. Collins, Danielle J. Forrest, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Ray Fuqua is an inmate in the Arizona state prison system. He contends that, in denying his request for a religious dietary option that was made available to other prisoners and that Fuqua claimed was also mandated for him by his distinct religious faith, the prison chaplain ...

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