Shawn Moore v. David Shinn

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 26 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SHAWN DALE MOORE, No. 23-15302 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 2:20-cv-01223-ROS v.

MEMORANDUM * 0F

DAVID SHINN, Director; et al.,

Defendants – Appellees.

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

Argued and Submitted February 4, 2026 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: BERZON, CALLAHAN, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

The First Amendment, applicable to the States under the Fourteenth

Amendment, protects prisoners’ rights to file lawsuits and prison grievances; it

also protects them against retaliatory acts by prisons and prison officials for having

exercised their rights. Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1114 (9th Cir. 2012).

Invoking these protections, prisoner Shawn Dale Moore filed a pro se complaint

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against seventy-six…