Michael Bacon v. Nadine Woodward

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL BACON; ANDREA No. 22-35611

KERNKAMP; JOE HOWARTH;

BRENNAN COOKE; TIM D.C. No. WHEELER; TOM HARVEY; JOEL 2:21-cv-00296-

BROSE; TANNER TOWNSEND; TOR

CURTIS SMITH; ISAIAH DEAN;

NICHOLAS HOLMES; MATTHEW

NORTON; JHAR FULLER; STEVEN OPINION

HOWIE; JEFFREY BAXTER; ARIC

PISA; DUANE WILCOX; DAVID

HEIZER; JAMES BILLMAN;

MARLIN THORMAN; JASON

WEBSTER; TIMOTHY ARCHER;

COREY BARKER; SCOTT

MCCANN; CONNOR FOXWOTH,

Firefighters,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

NADINE WOODWARD, Mayor of the City of Spokane; BRIAN SCHAEFFER, Fire Chief; CITY OF

SPOKANE,

Defendants-Appellees, and

JAY ROBERT INSLEE, Governor, State of Washington; ROBERT FERGUSON, Attorney General, State of Washington,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 14, 2023 Seattle, Washington

Filed June 18, 2024

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Ryan D. Nelson, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Dissent…