Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-07-07 21:00:29.585176+00
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                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         FILED
                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT                           JUL 07 2014

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

LEE V. QUILLAR,                                   No. 13-15001

               Plaintiff - Appellant,             D.C. No. 2:04-cv-01203-KJM-
                                                  CKD
  V.

RICK HILL, Warden,                                MEMORANDUM*

               Defendant - Appellee.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of California
                    Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding

                              Submitted June 25, 2014**

Before:        HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

       California state prisoner Lee V. Quillar appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment, on the basis of the mootness doctrine, in his 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 action alleging a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized

Person’s Act (“RLUIPA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
review de novo, Cole v. Oroville Union High Sch., 228 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir.

2000), and we affirm.

       The district court properly granted summary judgment because Quillar failed

to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether there remained any case or

controversy warranting further relief after defendants expunged the disciplinary

reports related to grooming violations that Quillar challenged under RLUIPA, and

restored his classification status, loss of credits, and access to privileges as if the

reports were never issued. See Alvarez v. Hill, 667 F.3d 1061, 1064 (9th Cir. 2012)

(“A claim is moot when the issues presented are no longer live or the parties lack a

legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” (citation and internal quotation marks

omitted)); Ruiz v. City of Santa Maria, 160 F.3d 543, 549 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The

basic question in determining mootness is whether there is a present controversy as

to which effective relief can be granted.” (citation and internal quotation marks

omitted)).

       Quillar’s contentions that defendant erroneously failed to expunge a June 22,

2005 disciplinary report or restore his classification status from “A2B” to “A1A;”

that court-appointed pro bono counsel in his prior appeal and on remand prejudiced

his ability to prosecute his claims; and that the district court prevented him from

submitting relevant evidence on summary judgment, are unpersuasive.

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      Defendant’s motion for judicial notice, filed on June 18, 2013, is granted.

See Fed. R. Evid. 201.

      AFFIRMED.

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