Legal Opinion
Ronald Williams v. Wayne Gavin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 23, 2016No. 15-1144UnpublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION *
2Per curiam
Pro se appellant Ronald Williams, a Pennsylvania state prisoner at SCI Way-mart, appeals from the District Court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing his civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the following reasons, we will affirm the judgment.
In 2011, Williams filed a civil rights action alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seq. In the instant complaint, Williams alleged that, in response to the filing of his suit under RLUIPA, the defendants retaliated…
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