Lausteveion Johnson v. Renee Baker

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LAUSTEVEION DELANO JOHNSON, No. 20-17202 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:15-cv-00884-

JAD-NJK

RENEE BAKER, Warden, Defendant-Appellant,

OPINION

and

LUIS LOPEZ, Kitchen Supervisor; J. TAYLOR; KURNER, Sgt. at ESP;

ANDREW SILVERSTEIN; ISIDRO BACA,

Warden; MICHAEL KOEHN, Doctor; JULIO CALDERON, Chaplain; DWIGHT NEVEN, Warden at HDSP; BRANDON LAWRENCE; JAMES COX, Director of

NDOC; NISSEL YOUNG; BRIAN

WILLIAMS, Warden; J. YOUNGBLOOD; JO GENTRY, Warden, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 20, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed January 26, 2022

Before: Bridget S. Bade and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges, and Richard M. Berman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bumatay

SUMMARY **

Prisoner Civil Rights

In an action brought pursuant to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act by a Nevada state prisoner, the panel affirmed the district court’s injunction, entered following a bench trial, requiring Nevada prison…