Hilton Mincy v. DeParlos

OPINION

Hilton Karriem Mincy appeals from the summary judgment entered by the District Court in favor of the defendants. We will affirm.

I

Mincy commenced this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on March 20, 2008, alleging (1) a failure to accommodate his religious beliefs; (2) retaliation for exercising his religious beliefs; (3) a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; (4) a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-l; and (5) various state law claims. Mincy is a state inmate whose claims…