UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT OMAR SHARRIEFF GAY, No. 21-16906 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:16-cv-05998- CRB AMY PARSONS, Senior Psychologist; GREGORY S. GOLDSTEIN, Psychologist, OPINION Defendants-Appellants, and JENNIFER SHAFFER, Secretary, Board of Parole Hearings; CLIFF KUSAJ, Chief Psychologist, Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 14, 2022 San Francisco, California

Filed March 13, 2023 2 OMAR GAY V. AMY PARSONS

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Donald W. Molloy, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

In an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the panel affirmed the dis