Legal Opinion
Cryer v. Spencer
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 21, 2013No. Civil Action No. 11-11953-PBSPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
On October 31, 2011, plaintiff Derek Sincere Black Wolf Cryer (“Cryer”), a state prisoner at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (“SBCC”),1 filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 -U.S.C. § 1983 alleging first amendment violations in connection with his free exercise of religion, and violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc. Additionally, Cryer asserted supplemental jurisdiction over his claims raised under Articles 2 and 18 of the Massachusetts Constitution, and over…
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