Edward Jones, Jr. v. S. Slade

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EDWARD LEE JONES, JR., No. 20-15642 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:18-cv-02034-

MTL-JZB

S. SLADE, South Unit Property

Officer COII #1777 at Arizona Department of Corrections; D. OPINION MILLER, Employee of Office of Publication Review at Arizona Department of Corrections Central Office; DAVID SHINN, Director, Defendants-Appellees,

and

CHARLES L. RYAN; CARSON

MCWILLIAMS; J. GUZMAN; LORI

STICKLEY,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 31, 2021 San Francisco, California Filed January 24, 2022

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Kathleen Cardone,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

SUMMARY**

Prisoner Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment for prison officials in an action alleging that the confiscation of plaintiff’s mail violated his rights under the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use…