Wilkinson v. State

OPINION

DRUKE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant is an inmate in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC). He appeals from an adverse summary judgment on his complaint for declaratory judgment challenging certain aspects of the DOC’s policy regarding religious visitation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-120.21.

FACTS

Appellant was sentenced in 1977 to two concurrent 20- to 50-year prison terms. The first ten years were served at the Florence maximum security prison. During this period, appellant experienced no difficulty in receiving weekly religious visitation. Difficulty…