Abdul-Alázim v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction

This appeal challenges the entry of summary judgment for the defendant officials of the Massachusetts Cor*450rectional Institution at Cedar Junction (MCI-Cedar Junction) on a pro sc complaint filed by the plaintiff, Saifullah Abdul-Alázim, an inmate. The litigation involves the inmate’s claim that his right freely to exercise'his religion under art. 46, § 1, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution2 was unconstitutionally infringed when, following his transfer to the prison’s departmental disciplinary unit (DDU), he was not allowed to wear a kufi (also referred to in the record as a…