Joshua Bland v. Scott Kernan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 21 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, No. 20-16565

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-01315-TLN-EFB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

SCOTT KERNAN; CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 14, 2021**

Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Joshua Davis Bland appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Religious Land Use and

Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”) action alleging religious discrimination.

* 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). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a…