Legal Opinion
Cardinal v. Metrish
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2009No. 08-1562PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertelsman, J., joined by Boggs, C.J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 803-04), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
*797OPINION
BERTELSMAN, Judge.
Plaintiff Gerald William Cardinal appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Linda Metrish, the warden where he was incarcerated. The district court dismissed plaintiffs claims alleging an Eighth Amendment violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000ee-l et seq. We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiff was an inmate confined at the Hiawatha…
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