Riley's American Heritage Farm v. James Elsasser

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RILEY’S AMERICAN No. 20-55999 HERITAGE FARMS, a California corporation; JAMES D.C. No. PATRICK RILEY, an 5:18-cv-02185-JGB- individual, SHK Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

JAMES ELSASSER; STEVEN

LLANUSA; HILARY LACONTE;

BETH BINGHAM; NANCY

TRESER OSGOOD; DAVID S.

NEMER; ANN O’CONNOR;

BRENDA HAMLETT,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

CLAREMONT UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding RILEY’S AM. HERITAGE FARMS V. ELSASSER

Argued and Submitted August 31, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed March 17, 2022

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Mark J. Bennett, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

SUMMARY*

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s summary judgment for public school defendants in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging First Amendment violations when the Claremont Unified School District severed its…