Kevin Bruce Dickinson v. Lt. Austin

60 F.3d 832 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kevin Bruce DICKINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lt. AUSTIN, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17350. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 26, 1995. * Decided June 30, 1995. Before: O'SCANLLAIN, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Kevin Bruce Dickinson, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's judgment for defendant prison officials, following a bench trial in Dickinson's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. Dickinson alleged that defendants violated his right to freedom of religion by proscribing him from wearing a swastika medallion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. 1 3 Subsequent to the district court's judgment in Dickinson's action, Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, ("RFRA"), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000bb(b)(1) (1993). 1 Under RFRA, "the issue of whether the prison violated [Dickinson's] religious…