Legal Opinion
Spratt v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 6, 2007No. 06-2038PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Wesley Spratt (“Spratt”) is a prisoner in the Adult Correctional Institution (“ACI”) in Rhode Island. After prison officials prohibited Spratt from preaching to his fellow inmates, he filed suit against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and its director, A.T. Wall (collectively, “RIDOC”) under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. (“RLUIPA”). The district court granted summary judgment to RIDOC. After careful consideration, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I. Background
Spratt is a prisoner in the…
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