Phillip Carson v. Charles Ryan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 24 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PHILLIP LEE CARSON, No. 23-15410

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-00196-ROS-CDB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CHARLES L. RYAN, ADOC Director (Retired); et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 17, 2025**

Before: CANBY, R. NELSON, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Arizona state prisoner Phillip Lee Carson appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment and dismissal orders in his action under 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”).

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Furnace v.

* 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). Sullivan, 705 F.3d 1021, 1026…