Robert Williams, Sr. v. State of California

OPINION

Plaintiffs — Payne Care Center, Kingsley Home Care Center, and their named employees — appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. The complaint alleges that Defendants violated Plaintiffs’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion by forcing them to provide direct staff support to a developmentally disabled client who wished to attend Jehovah’s Witness services.

After carefully reviewing the briefs and record, and reviewing de novo the district court’s conclusions of law, we affirm: (1) the district court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs’ complaint…