Paul Lietz v. Andrew Wilpher

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 6 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PAUL LIETZ, No. 19-35593

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:18-cv-00554-EJL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ANDREW WILPHER, Chief of Staff Boise VA Medical Center; KERI BARBERO, Chairperson, Disruptive Behavior Committee Boise VA Medical Center; DOES, John and Jane Doe 1-25,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 14, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS and FORREST, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI,** Judge.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. 1 Plaintiff Paul Lietz appeals the district court’s dismissal of his Bivens1 First

Amendment retaliation claim against several staff members at the Boise Veterans

Affairs Medical Center (the VA).…