J.D. Merrick v. Michael Linderman

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SEP 13 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

J.D. MERRICK, No. 20-15987

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 4:17-cv-00014-DCB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MICHAEL LINDERMAN, ADC Pastoral Administrator/Director at Central Office in Phoenix; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona David C. Bury, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 10, 2021 **

Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges

JD1 Merrick appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor

* 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). 1 Merrick uses the initials JD for his first name, without using any periods. of the defendants in Merrick’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner civil rights action. We

have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Jones…