Jeffrey Allen Rowe v. Bruce Lemon

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Jeffrey Rowe appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Bruce Lemmon, L.A. VanNatta, Mark Dodd, Stephen Hall, and Wayne Seaife (collectively “the Defendants”). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Issues

We restate the dispositive issues before us as:

I. whether Rowe is entitled to pursue monetary damages against the Defendants under either 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”); and

II. whether there is a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment on Rowe’s claims…