Teshome Abate v. Samuel A. Lewis

74 F.3d 1245 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Teshome ABATE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16335. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 13, 1995. * Decided Jan. 8, 1996. 1 Before: WIGGINS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and REAL, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** OVERVIEW 3 Teshome Abate, a prisoner in custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADOC") who claims to be a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, filed this action in the District of Arizona, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated by: 1) ADOC officials' failure to provide him with a religiously mandated diet; 2) prison guard harassment; 3) prison guards changing identity badges to confuse him; 4) confiscation of property from his cell; 5) denial of use of the law library typewriter to write letters; 6) denial of a job; and 7) retaliation for the exercise of his constitutional rights through all…