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In Ford v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61978 (D CO, June 10, 2011), a Colorado federal district court accepted a magistrate’s recommendations (2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62014, May 24, 2011), and dismissed a complaint by a Nation of Islam inmate that he was not receiving a nutritionally adequate diet consistent with [...]

In Coleman v.Caruso, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5328 (6th Cir., March 16, 2011), the 6th Circuit rejected an inmate’s claim that prison policy on administrative segregation violates prisoners’ free exercise rights as protected by RLUIPA.  The court concluded that limits on television available and on battery operated devices in administrative segregation did not place a substantial [...]

In Brown v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19207 (MD FL, Feb. 25, 2011), a Florida federal district court rejected an inmate’s free exercise and equal protection challenges to the failure to provide services for Nation of Islam inmates separate from Muslim services. In Paliotta v. Brooks, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19381 [...]

In Clifton v. Lappin, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111569 (WD LA, Oct. 18, 2010), adopting magistrate’s recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111473, Oct. 4, 2010), and Plummer v. Lappin, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111502, Oct. 18, 2010), adopting magistrate’s recommendations (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111477, Sept. 20, 2010), a Louisiana federal district court rejected complaints that inmates [...]