Opinion ID: 613834
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Interference, Coercion, or Intimidation Claim

Text: Plaintiffs' final claims for relief rely on 42 U.S.C. § 3617, which makes it unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by [§ 3604]. Those claims depend on the validity of Plaintiffs' religious discrimination claims. Defendant's alleged retaliation against Chinn and Cowles runs afoul of § 3617 only if Chinn and Cowles were exercis[ing] or enjoy[ing] ... [a] right granted or protected by [§ 3604]. Because Chinn had no right to be treated the same as Defendant's Christian guests, and because Cowles had no right to participate in Defendant's drug treatment program unless she agreed to become Christian, we conclude that neither Chinn nor Cowles was exercising a right granted to them by § 3604. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's summary judgment for Defendant on the retaliation claims. AFFIRMED.