Gay
Gay v. Shaffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
1 A. Plaintiff’s Allegations 2 Plaintiff is African American and Muslim. Gay Decl. (dkt. 88–2) ¶ 2. He is 3 currently an inmate in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and 4 Rehabilitation. Id. ¶ 3. He alleges that Defendants discriminated against him based on 5 race and religion when they prepared a Comprehensive Risk Assessment (“CRA”) report 6 that found that Plaintiff posed a high risk for future violence. See generally Compl. (dkt. 7 1). 8 Multiple prior orders describe Plaintiff’s allegations in detail. In summary, 9 Plaintiff was incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad in September 10 2015. Order on Pleadings at 2. In advance of a parole suitability hearing, Defendants 11 interviewed Plaintiff as part of the process of preparing a CRA report. Id. CRA reports 12 assess an inmate’s risk for future violence and are provided to the BOP for use in 13 determining an inmate’s eligibility for parole. Id. The CRA report prepared by 14 Defendants concluded that Plaintiff presented a high risk for future violence. Id. at 3. 15 The parties disagree about the basis of the report’s conclusion. Id. at 1–3. The 16…