Mohamed Sabra v. Maricopa County Community Coll

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOHAMED SABRA; COUNCIL ON No 20-16774

AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF

ARIZONA, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:20-cv-01080-

SMB

v.

MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY OPINION

COLLEGE DISTRICT; NICHOLAS

DAMASK, in his official and individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan M. Brnovich, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2021 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed August 10, 2022

Before: Richard R. Clifton, Daniel A. Bress, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton; Concurrence by Judge VanDyke; Dissent by Judge Bress SUMMARY *

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Dr. Nicholas Damask and the Maricopa County Community College District alleging that a module on Islamic terrorism within a course in world politics taught by Damask at Scottsdale Community College violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights under the…