Lee Quillar v. Rick Hill

MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner Lee Quillar appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment, on the basis of the mootness doctrine, in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person’s Act (“RLUIPA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Cole v. Oroville Union High Sch, 228 F.3d 1092 , 1097 (9th Cir. 2000), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Quillar failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether there remained any case or controversy warranting further relief after defendants expunged the disciplinary reports related to grooming violations that Quillar challenged under RLUIPA, and restored his classification status, loss of credits, and access to privileges as if the reports were never issued. See Alvarez v. Hill, 667 F.3d 1061, 1064 (9th Cir.2012) (“A claim is moot when the issues presented are no longer live or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Ruiz v. City of Santa Maria, 160 F.3d 543, 549 (9th Cir.1998) (“The basic question in determining…