Lonnie Harris v. Eddie Alves;

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LONNIE HARRIS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
EDDIE ALVES; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 08-35487
D.C. No. 2:06-cv-05068-RHW
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington
Robert H. Whaley, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 29, 2010**
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Lonnie Harris appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for
defendants in Harris’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his First and
Fourteenth Amendment rights and his rights under the Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1 (2000). We have jurisdiction
FILED
JUL 19 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion a denial of a motion
to stay. United States v. Peninsula Commc’ns, Inc., 287 F.3d 832, 838 (9th Cir.
2002). We vacate and remand.
The record shows that Harris repeatedly notified the district court that he
was being denied access to photocopying and postage services for his legal mail
during his detention at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center
(“PCDCC”). See Lockyer v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1110 (9th Cir. 2005)
(setting forth competing interests that must be weighed when granting or denying a
stay, including the hardship or inequity which a party may suffer in being required
to go forward). After Harris filed this appeal, the PCDCC allowed Harris access to
photocopying and postage services for his legal mail, and Harris filed more than
one hundred pages of briefs and exhibits on appeal. We vacate the judgment and
remand to allow the district court to consider these documents in the first instance.
The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.
VACATED and REMANDED.

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