Sefeldeen

MEMORANDUM *

Kamal Sefeldeen (“Petitioner”), an Egyptian Muslim inmate currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in California, seeks review of the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, several Folsom State Prison officials and employees. The district court determined that Appellees were entitled to qualified immunity against Petitioner’s claims of violations of his constitutional rights relating to his religious dietary needs and confidential communication with his embassy and consulate while at Folsom State Prison. Petitioner also seeks review of the district court’s denial of his motion for injunctive and declaratory relief challenging conditions at San Quentin. Because the facts of the case are known to the parties, we do not reiterate them here.

A district court’s grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo. United States v. City of Tacoma, 332 F.3d 574, 578 (9th Cir.2003). Petitioner first argues that the district court improperly granted Appellees’ summary judgment motion on his religious dietary claims. The first question to be decided in a qualified immunity analysis is whether Petitioner’s allegations, taken in the light most…