Pogue
Pogue v. California
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Leon Heinz Pogue, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion to enforce a Settlement Agreement under which the California State Prison at Solano (“Solano”) agreed to establish a diet plan for Kosher-observant inmates. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review issues of standing de novo, Sahni v. American Diversified Partners, 83 F.3d 1054, 1057 (9th Cir.1996), and we affirm.
In an underlying action, an observant Jewish inmate at Solano alleged the failure to provide him with Kosher meals violated his rights. The parties entered into a Settlement Agreement that specified that a Kosher diet program was established for “all kosher-observant inmates” holding a “Special Religious Diet Card issued by the Department of Corrections ... overseen by a Jewish Chaplain under the supervision of an orthodox or conservative rabbi ... [who] shall make the ultimate determinations on violations of the Kosher Diet Program ... to accommodate all kosher-observant Jewish inmates housed by the California Department of Corrections.” The district court properly concluded that Pogue and other non-Jewish inmates who sought to…