Balisok v. Dodds

78 F.3d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jerry B. BALISOK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald DODDS; Ronald Van Boening, Associate Superintendent; Walter Ponti, Custody Unit Supervisor; Gary Weber, Psychologist 4; Walter Wallace Williams, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35973. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 10, 1996. Decided Feb. 22, 1996. Before: ALDISERT, * SCHROEDER and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Washington state prisoner Jerry Balisok appeals the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights and seeking money damages and injunctive and declaratory relief. We affirm. I. 3 Appellant, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, claims that his free exercise rights were violated when he was prohibited from wearing his yarmulke in administrative segregation until after he filed a…