United States v. 2020-12-10 | 20-35071 | RAYMOND ROLES V. JAY CHRISTENSEN | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAYMOND A. ROLES,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JAY CHRISTENSEN, ISCC Warden;
RHONDA OWENS, ISCC, ASM,

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 20-35071

D.C. No. 1:19-cv-00292-DCN

MEMORANDUM
*

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Idaho
David C. Nye, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 2, 2020
**

Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Idaho state prisoner Raymond A. Roles appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment dismissing his action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Watison v. Carter, 668

*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

DEC 10 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

2 20-35071
F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii));
Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915A). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Roles’s action because Roles failed to
allege facts sufficient to show that defendants’ conduct placed a substantial burden
on his religious exercise. See Jones v. Williams, 791 F.3d 1023, 1031-32 (9th Cir.
2015) (elements of § 1983 free exercise claim); Walker v. Beard, 789 F.3d 1125,
1134 (9th Cir. 2015) (elements of a RLUIPA claim); San Jose Christian Coll. v.
City of Morgan Hill, 360 F.3d 1024, 1034 (9th Cir. 2004) (under RLUIPA, to
constitute a substantial burden on religious exercise, a regulation “must impose a
significantly great restriction or onus upon such exercise”).
AFFIRMED.