SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California former parolee and atheist who went back to prison after refusing to participate in a religiously-tinged inpatient treatment program is entitled to monetary compensation, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. In an opinion for the 9th U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote that a jury must award Barry Hazle Jr. of Redding compensatory damages for the violation of his constitutional rights. "Now that the Ninth Circuit has ruled, Barry Hazle will finally be able to obtain the vindication to which he's entitled," Hazle's attorney John Heller said in a statement Friday.