Blair Hays v. J. Bonnifield

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

BLAIR ODEL HAYS, No. 23-55330

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-04227-DOC-JEM v.

J. BONNIFIELD, Community Resource MEMORANDUM*

Manager, in individual capacity; et al.,

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 Blair Hays, while incarcerated at the California

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

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

* 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). over lapses in Islamic religious…