William Rouser v. Theo White

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM ROUSER, No. 22-55139

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:11-cv-09123-RGK-JEM

THEO WHITE; et al.,

MEMORANDUM*

Defendants-Appellees, and

E. W. MEADS, Protestant Chaplain; et al.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 9, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: SILER,** BEA, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges. Dissent by Judge IKUTA.

Plaintiff-Appellant William Rouser, a practitioner of Wicca (a pagan religion)

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. and inmate at Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) in Ione, California, appeals an order

of the U.S. District Court for…