Jesse Washington v. J. Gastelo

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 24 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JESSE WASHINGTON, No. 23-55296

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-04502-DOC-JEM v.

J. GASTELO; et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 24, 2025** San Francisco, California

Before: FRIEDLAND, BENNETT, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Pro se Plaintiff-Appellant Jesse Washington, while incarcerated at the

California Men’s Colony (“CMC”) in San Luis Obispo, California, sued CMC

Warden J. Gastelo, Community Resource Manager J. Bonnifield, and Chaplain D.

Gottesfeld over lapses in Islamic religious services following Imam E. Rasheed’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).…