Rufus West v. Gregory Grams

ORDER

Rufus West is a Wisconsin inmate formerly incarcerated at Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison, and currently incarcerated at Green Bay Correctional Institution. West, who is Muslim and uses the religious name Mansa Lutalo Iyapo, sued members of Columbia’s staff and the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, seeking damages and injunctive relief for perceived violations of the First Amendment, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-l. Frist, he alleged, over a multi-year period…