Uttecht

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE No. 24-2552

CENTER, INC.,

D.C. No. 4:21-cv-05047- Plaintiff - Appellant,

TOR

v.

JEFFERY ALFRED UTTECHT, OPINION

Superintendent of Coyote Ridge Corrections Center of the Washington Department of Corrections in his individual and official capacities; JOHN D. TURNER, Mailroom Sergeant of Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in his individual and official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 3, 2025 Portland, Oregon

Filed December 11, 2025 HRDC, INC. V. UTTECHT

Before: Jay S. Bybee and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges, and Xavier Rodriguez, District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Forrest

SUMMARY **

Prisoner Mail

In a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) challenging prison officials’ refusal to deliver and delays in delivering copies of its publication The Habeas Citebook to inmates housed at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, the panel (1)…