Horn v. People of California

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MacBRIDE, District Judge.

Plaintiff is an inmate of the California State Prison at Folsom, California. He brought an action seeking declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages under the Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) alleging deprivation of his religious freedom under the United States Constitution.

Plaintiff is a follower of “the ancient and eternal Religion of Islam, as taught to the so-called American Negro by the Honorable Elijah Muhammed, Spiritual Leader and Teacher of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in North America.” He claims that prisoners of his…